But, in the first place, he might be himself in the plot, and if not, the slaves would almost certainly overpower him and kill him, as a preliminary to the work of knocking off their chains." "Is there a window to the room?
At least, of course there is a window, but is it within your reach ?" "There are six small loopholes--one on each side of the door, and two in each of the side walls; they are but four inches across and three feet in length, and there are two crossbars to each; they are four feet from the floor." "At any rate, they are large enough for your arm to pass through, Sir Gervaise, and you might drop a strip of cloth out." "Certainly I could, Sir John.

I could easily hide a piece of white cotton a yard or so long in my clothes, scanty as these are, and could certainly manage, unobserved, to drop it outside the window." "Then the rest is for us to contrive, Boswell.

We must have some one posted in the yard of the prison, with instructions to go every ten minutes throughout the night to see if a strip of white cotton has been dropped out.

When he finds it he must go at once to William Neave, the governor.

He is a sturdy Englishman, and there is no fear of his having been bribed to turn traitor; but it were well to take no one into our confidence.