As to when it is going to be done, or how it is going to be done, no one will be told till it is ready to be carried out.

We have not settled that ourselves, and thus one who was fool enough to risk certain death could tell the Governor no more than that there was a plot on hand, and that the man who had sworn him in was concerned in it." So one by one every man in the prison was sworn by a terrible oath to secrecy, to watch his companions, and to report anything that looked suspicious.

Many joined willingly, the prospect of relief, even should it only be temporary, being too fascinating to be resisted.

Some joined against their will, fearing that a refusal to do so would be punished by death; and the fact that two or three men were found strangled in bed had a very great effect in inducing others to join in the plot.
These deaths caused some uneasiness to the authorities.

Their utmost endeavors failed to discover who were the perpetrators of these murders; and even when everyone in the same hut was flogged to obtain information, not one opened his lips.
One night the word was passed round that the time had come.