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Chapter 1. Sun and Shadow

           Thedoorclashed—thekeyturned—andarayofunusuallight,andabreathofunusualair,seemedtohavepassedthroughthejail,vanishinginatinywreathofsmokefromthecigar.

           Still,inhiscaptivity,likealoweranimal—likesomeimpatientape,orrousedbearofthesmallerspecies—theprisoner,nowleftsolitary,hadjumpedupontheledge,tolosenoglimpseofthisdeparture.Asheyetstoodclaspingthegratewithbothhands,anuproarbrokeuponhishearing;yells,shrieks,oaths,threats,execrations,allcomprehendedinit,though(asinastorm)nothingbutaragingswellofsounddistinctlyheard.

           Excitedintoastillgreaterresemblancetoacagedwildanimalbyhisanxietytoknowmore,theprisonerleapednimblydown,ranroundthechamber,leapednimblyupagain,claspedthegrateandtriedtoshakeit,leapeddownandran,leapedupandlistened,andneverresteduntilthenoise,becomingmoreandmoredistant,haddiedaway.Howmanybetterprisonershaveworntheirnobleheartsoutso;nomanthinkingofit;noteventhebelovedoftheirsoulsrealisingit;greatkingsandgovernors,whohadmadethemcaptive,careeringinthesunlightjauntily,andmencheeringthemon.Eventhesaidgreatpersonagesdyinginbed,makingexemplaryendsandsoundingspeeches;andpolitehistory,moreservilethantheirinstruments,embalmingthem!

           Atlast,JohnBaptist,nowabletochoosehisownspotwithinthecompassofthosewallsfortheexerciseofhisfacultyofgoingtosleepwhenhewould,laydownuponthebench,withhisfaceturnedoveronhiscrossedarms,andslumbered

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