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Chapter 61

           

           Itwasalongnight,whichseemedasthoughitwouldhavenoend;butheslepttoo,anddreamedalwaysofbeingatliberty,androvingabout,nowwithonepersonandnowwithanother,buteverwithavaguedreadofbeingrecalledtoprison;notthatprison,butonewhichwasinitselfadimideanotofaplace,butofacareandsorrow:ofsomethingoppressiveandalwayspresent,andyetimpossibletodefine.Atlast,themorningdawned,andtherewasthejailitselfcold,black,anddreary,andveryrealindeed.

           Hewaslefttohimself,however,andtherewascomfortinthat.Hehadlibertytowalkinasmallpavedyardatacertainhour,andlearntfromtheturnkey,whocametounlockhiscellandshowhimwheretowash,thattherewasaregulartimeforvisiting,everyday,andthatifanyofhisfriendscametoseehim,hewouldbefetcheddowntothegrate.Whenhehadgivenhimthisinformation,andatinporringercontaininghisbreakfast,themanlockedhimupagain;andwentclatteringalongthestonepassage,openingandshuttingagreatmanyotherdoors,andraisingnumberlessloudechoeswhichresoundedthroughthebuildingforalongtime,asiftheywereinprisontoo,andunabletogetout.

           Thisturnkeyhadgivenhimtounderstandthathewaslodged,likesomefewothersinthejail,apartfromthemassofprisoners;becausehewasnotsupposedtobeutterlydepravedandirreclaimable,andhadneveroccupiedapartmentsinthatmansionbefore.

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