He thought of Banouin, and wondered again why his friend had deserted him.

A friend doesn't desert a friend when she's in trouble.

His other friends and the public overall, had deserted him.

When friends deserted, support by the enemy was welcome!

I watched him go, feeling as if my one friend here had deserted me.

She was wondering, though, why Ted's friend had deserted him.

When funds ran out, friends deserted and Timon was reduced to working in the fields.

I think his friends are deserting him, but he doesn't know it.

"It appears that your friend has deserted you," said another voice.

He knew that within the next hour his friends would already have practically deserted him.