"It is simple enough."
"How so?"
"He never attempted the window. He has walked out through the door being left open."
"Never!"
"Money can do more than that, and I rejoice at his freedom."
She moved to the door.
But the gaoler held her back rather roughly.
"Stop you here," he said, rudely; "I shall have to report this to the governor, and you had better remain until the job has been investigated."
And before the startled woman could divine his intention, he swung to the door and shot the bolt.
Then pushing back the trap in the door, he added a few words through the grating.