The scene had clearly made the two soldiers feel very ill-at-ease, unable to fathom the drama that seemed to hang over this family. And they felt abhorrence for the lieutenant at the outpost, who, three hours earlier, had informed them that they were to transport a dirty communist. What they saw before them was a human being, broken. “Oh, the heartache life brings”, they thought as they exchanged glances, saddened by the unexpected drama playing out in the jeep.