You see, were I to go out in disguise I must do so in broad daylight, for my supper is served almost directly after the gates are closed; and were I missing there would be a search for me at once, the sentries on the wall would all be warned, and it would be impossible to get past them.

If I could get out two or three hours before the gates are closed at nine o'clock I might, as soon as it became dark, attempt to get over the walls before the alarm was given, or I might possibly go out in the same disguise that I left here in, through the city gate and across the bridge." "I see that, sir, and it seems to me that this would be easier than trying to find a hiding place for you in the town.

However, I will set my wits to work.

I have been able to think of nothing in here; but one's eyes always help one's wits, and if I were in the town I might see something that would give me an idea how the matter might be set about." Day after day Paolo went into the town, always returning discouraged.
"I must be growing a downright numbskull," he said one evening in disgust; "I have been three weeks at it and no single idea has come to me." "You need not be discouraged at that, Paolo; it's not such a simple thing to plan an escape from a fortress like this as it was to get into the citadel at Turin, where we also had the advantage of starting with disguises.

I can no more think of a disguise in which I can pass the gates than you can.