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           Woodcourtthentoldusthatthetrooper’smanhadbeenwithhimbeforeday,afterwanderingaboutthestreetsallnightlikeadistractedcreature.Thatoneofthetrooper’sfirstanxietieswasthatweshouldnotsupposehimguilty.Thathehadchargedhismessengertorepresenthisperfectinnocencewitheverysolemnassurancehecouldsendus.ThatMr.Woodcourthadonlyquietedthemanbyundertakingtocometoourhouseveryearlyinthemorningwiththeserepresentations.Headdedthathewasnowuponhiswaytoseetheprisonerhimself.Myguardiansaiddirectlyhewouldgotoo.Now,besidesthatIlikedtheretiredsoldierverymuchandthathelikedme,Ihadthatsecretinterestinwhathadhappenedwhichwasonlyknowntomyguardian.Ifeltasifitcamecloseandneartome.Itseemedtobecomepersonallyimportanttomyselfthatthetruthshouldbediscoveredandthatnoinnocentpeopleshouldbesuspected,forsuspicion,oncerunwild,mightrunwilder.Inaword,Ifeltasifitweremydutyandobligationtogowiththem.Myguardiandidnotseektodissuademe,andIwent.ItwasalargeprisonwithmanycourtsandpassagessolikeoneanotherandsouniformlypavedthatIseemedtogainanewcomprehension,asIpassedalong,ofthefondnessthatsolitaryprisoners,shutupamongthesamestaringwallsfromyeartoyear,havehadasIhavereadforaweedorastraybladeofgrass.

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