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Strangely Liberated

           Thejailermayforgetthatheisonguard;theprisonerneverforgetsthatheisguarded.Thecaptivethinksoftenerofescapingthanthejailerofpreventinghisflight,andhencewehearoffrequentandwonderfulescapes.

           Butinthepresentinstancehatredandrevengewerethejailersnotanindifferentwarder;theprisonerswerenotbound,butitwasbecausebondswereuselesswhenfive-and-twentymenwerewatchingtheonlyegressfromtheWare-Atoua.

           Thishouse,withitsbacktotherockwhichclosedthefortress,wasonlyaccessiblebyalong,narrowpromontorywhichjoineditinfronttotheplateauonwhichthe"pah"waserected.Onitstwoothersidesrosepointedrocks,whichjuttedoutoveranabyssahundredfeetdeep.Onthatsidedescentwasimpossible,andhaditbeenpossible,thebottomwasshutinbytheenormousrock.TheonlyoutletwastheregulardooroftheWare-Atoua,andtheMaoriesguardedthepromontorywhichunitedittothe"pah"likeadrawbridge.Allescapewasthushopeless,andGlenarvanhavingtriedthewallsforthetwentiethtime,wascompelledtoacknowledgethatitwasso.

           Thehoursofthisnight,wretchedastheywere,slippedaway.Thickdarknesshadsettledonthemountain.Neithermoonnorstarspiercedthegloom.Somegustsofwindwhistledbythesidesofthe"pah,"andthepostsofthehousecreaked:thefireoutsiderevivedwiththepuffsofwind,andtheflamessentfitfulgleamsintotheinteriorofWare-Atoua.

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