She swore that she had hardly spoken to me for the last two months and that she had given me nothing; which in a way was true enough, for she had not handed them to me herself.

The prisoners bore her out about her not coming near me, for it had been noticed that she was not as friendly as she had been.

Some had thought her ungrateful, while others had fancied that she was angry at my interfering and making a tumult about the child.

Anyhow, whatever suspicions they might have had they could prove nothing.

They forbade her entering the prison in future; but she didn't mind that so long as her husband, who had been employed a good many years there, did not lose his situation.