Финансист

Chapter LIV

           Thehorrorofidlenessinsilenceandinacellscarcelylargeenoughtoturnaroundincomfortablyhadalreadybeguntocreepoverhim,andthethoughtofbeingabletoseeWingateandStegerfrequently,andtohavehismailreachhim,afteratime,untamperedwith,wasagreatrelief.Hewastohavehisownunderwear,silkandwoolthankGod!andperhapstheywouldlethimtakeofftheseshoesafterawhile.Withthesemodificationsandatrade,andperhapsthelittleyardwhichDesmashadreferredto,hislifewouldbe,ifnotideal,atleasttolerable.Theprisonwasstillaprison,butitlookedasthoughitmightnotbesomuchofaterrortohimasobviouslyitmustbetomany.

           DuringthetwoweeksinwhichCowperwoodwasinthe"mannerssquad,"incareofChapin,helearnednearlyasmuchasheeverlearnedofthegeneralnatureofprisonlife;forthiswasnotanordinarypenitentiaryinthesensethattheprisonyard,theprisonsquad,theprisonlock-step,theprisondining-room,andprisonassociatedlabormaketheordinarypenitentiary.Therewas,forhimandformostofthoseconfinedthere,nogeneralprisonlifewhatsoever.Thelargemajorityweresupposedtoworksilentlyintheircellsattheparticulartasksassignedthem,andnottoknowanythingoftheremainderofthelifewhichwentonaroundthem,theruleofthisprisonbeingsolitaryconfinement,andfewbeingpermittedtoworkatthelimitednumberofoutsidemenialtasksprovided.

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