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Chapter 1. Sun and Shadow

           So,withpeopleloungingandlyingwherevershadewas,withbutlittlehumoftonguesorbarkingofdogs,withoccasionaljanglingofdiscordantchurchbellsandrattlingofviciousdrums,Marseilles,afacttobestronglysmeltandtasted,laybroilinginthesunoneday.

           InMarseillesthatdaytherewasavillainousprison.Inoneofitschambers,sorepulsiveaplacethateventheobtrusivestareblinkedatit,andleftittosuchrefuseofreflectedlightasitcouldfindforitself,weretwomen.Besidesthetwomen,anotchedanddisfiguredbench,immovablefromthewall,withadraught-boardrudelyhackeduponitwithaknife,asetofdraughts,madeofoldbuttonsandsoupbones,asetofdominoes,twomats,andtwoorthreewinebottles.Thatwasallthechamberheld,exclusiveofratsandotherunseenvermin,inadditiontotheseenvermin,thetwomen.

           Itreceivedsuchlightasitgotthroughagratingofironbarsfashionedlikeaprettylargewindow,bymeansofwhichitcouldbealwaysinspectedfromthegloomystaircaseonwhichthegratinggave.Therewasabroadstrongledgeofstonetothisgratingwherethebottomofitwasletintothemasonry,threeorfourfeetabovetheground.Uponit,oneofthetwomenlolled,halfsittingandhalflying,withhiskneesdrawnup,andhisfeetandshouldersplantedagainsttheoppositesidesoftheaperture.Thebarswerewideenoughaparttoadmitofhisthrustinghisarmthroughtotheelbow;andsoheheldonnegligently,forhisgreaterease.

           Aprisontaintwasoneverythingthere.

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