Tennant sees him leave and intercepts a distraught Norah to ask where Kerr is headed; Bill promises to find him.

Shortly after, Kerr is spotted and followed to a pub where he is ambushed and abducted by men and women waiting in the alley.

When Tennant arrives at the military post the next morning, he finds Norah waiting there for news of her husband.

Tennant follows the Sinn Féin representative and tries to bargain for Kerr's life, but is told nothing will do except the release of Conlan.

He returns to HQ and, against orders, goes into the general's office, breaks into his desk, and forges a release for Conlan.

Tennant's forgery is discovered, and Kerr is distressed to find his friend has committed career suicide to free him.

He specialised in interrogating IRA prisoners and survived several attempts on his life by the Irish Republican Army.