Thinking that it was time for the unpleasantness that had been existing between us to come to an end, I offered him my hand.

This he accepted and we became friends.

A short time afterward a mode of escape offered itself to me, and I proved the sincerity of my feelings toward him by offering to him and another officer the means of sharing my escape.

This they accepted.

Once outside the walls, I furnished them with disguises that had been prepared for them, assuming myself that of a minister.