Chapter XLV

           Saywhatonewillaboutprisonlifeingeneral,modifyiteversomuchbyspecialchambers,obsequiousturnkeys,ageneraltendencytomakeoneascomfortableaspossible,ajailisajail,andthereisnogettingawayfromthat.Cowperwood,inaroomwhichwasnotinanywayinferiortothatoftheordinaryboarding-house,wasneverthelessconsciousofthecharacterofthatsectionofthisrealprisonwhichwasnotyethisportion.Heknewthattherewerecellsthere,probablygreasyandsmellyandvermin-infested,andthattheywereenclosedbyheavyironbars,whichwouldhaveasreadilyclankedonhimasonthosewhowerenowthereinincarceratedifhehadnothadthepricetopayforsomethingbetter.Somuchfortheallegedequalityofman,hethought,whichgavetooneman,evenwithinthegrimconfinesofthemachineryofjustice,suchpersonallibertyashehimselfwasnowenjoying,andtoanother,becausehechancedtolackwitorpresenceorfriendsorwealth,deniedthemorecomfortablethingswhichmoneywouldbuy.

           Themorningafterthetrial,onwaking,hestirredcuriously,andthenitsuddenlycametohimthathewasnolongerinthefreeandcomfortableatmosphereofhisownbedroom,butinajail-cell,orratheritsverycomfortablesubstitute,asheriff’srentedbedroom.Hegotupandlookedoutthewindow.ThegroundoutsideandPassayunkAvenuewerewhitewithsnow.Somewagonsweresilentlylumberingby.AfewPhiladelphianswerevisiblehereandthere,goingtoandfroonmorningerrands.

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