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Chapter 2
“Standinghasgivenmethecross.He’sliftedtheplantandstoweditsomewhereelse.”
TheCaptainoftheYardsaidmoreemphaticthingsthan“MyGod!”Also,onthespurofthemomentbutcold-bloodedly,hetookWinwoodintohisownprivateoffice,lookedthedoors,andbeathimupfrightfully—allofwhichcameoutbeforetheBoardofDirectors.Butthatwasafterward.Inthemeantime,evenwhilehetookhisbeating,Winwoodsworebythetruthofwhathehadtold.
WhatwasCaptainJamietodo?Hewasconvincedthatthirty-fivepoundsofdynamitewerelooseintheprisonandthatfortydesperateliferswerereadyforabreak.Oh,hehadSummerfaceinonthecarpet,and,althoughSummerfaceinsistedthepackagecontainedtobacco,Winwoodsworeitwasdynamiteandwasbelieved.
AtthisstageIenteror,rather,Idepart,fortheytookmeawayoutofthesunshineandthelightofdaytothedungeons,andinthedungeonsandinthesolitarycells,outofthesunshineandthelightofday,Irottedforfiveyears.
Iwaspuzzled.Ihadonlyjustbeenreleasedfromthedungeons,andwaslyingpain-rackedinmycustomarycell,whentheytookmebacktothedungeon.
“Now,”saidWinwoodtoCaptainJamie,“thoughwedon’tknowwhereitis,thedynamiteissafe.Standingistheonlymanwhodoesknow,andhecan’tpassthewordoutfromthedungeon
