Six or seven hours' incarceration in such a place might injure a strong constitution and seriously damage a weak one.

Surely it is scandalous that unconvicted prisoners, some of whom are eventually acquitted, should suffer this unnecessary hardship and incur this unnecessary risk.
Presently our lunch arrived.

The platefuls of meat and vegetables had a savory smell, our appetites were keen, and our stomachs empty.

But a difficulty arose.

There were forks, but no knives; those lethal instruments being forbidden lest prisoners should attempt to cut their throats.