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In the Irish Brigade

CHAPTER 9: An Escape From Newgate
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"The wall is very thick, the bars are placed in the middle, and there is just room for me to take a seat on the edge, then I can see things at my ease." He sat looking out, for a minute or two, before he spoke.
"Well, what can you see ?" O'Sullivan asked, impatiently.
"This room is on the outer side of the prison," he said.

"I noticed, as we came in, that it was built along on both sides of the gate; and, no doubt, this side stands on the city wall." "Then what do you see ?" "I see the ground, sloping steeply down to a stream that runs along the bottom of it.

There are a good many small houses, scattered about on the slope and along by the stream.

Over to the left, there is a stone bridge across it.

Near this is a large building, that looks like another prison, and a marketplace with stalls in it.


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