All the cruelties of the terrible Spanish Inquisition, if heaped together, would not sum up a greater aggregate of anguish than was endured by them.

The third day came, and still no signs of yielding by Barrett.

The Sergeants counseled together.

Something must be done.

The fellow would starve the whole camp to death with as little compunction as one drowns blind puppies.
It was necessary to get up a tunnel to show Barrett, and to get boys who would confess to being leaders in the work.