I have passed half of my life in this prison; I have formed certain habits, like all old people, and submitting to all rules myself, I am perhaps overdoing it somewhat in demanding the same of others.

You will of course wipe off these drawings yourself--although I feel sorry for them, for I admire them sincerely--and I will not say anything to the administration.

We will forget all this, as if nothing had happened.

Are you satisfied ?" He answered drowsily: "Very well." "In our prison, where we have the sad pleasure of being confined, everything is arranged in accordance with a most purposeful plan and is most strictly subjected to laws and rules.

And the very strict order, on account of which the existence of your creations is so short lived, and, I may say, ephemeral, is full of the profoundest wisdom.