“Hold your tongue! I will show you what I can do!” And with these words he rushed from the prison room, slamming and bolting the heavy door behind him.
For the moment after he was gone neither Gilbert nor Ben spoke. Each looked questioningly at the other.
“Do you think he’ll do as he says?” asked Gilbert, at length.
“I shouldn’t wonder. He is as mad as a hornet.”
“If they find us guilty as spies, they’ll shoot us on the spot.”
“That is true. But can they find us guilty?”
“They can if Captain Barusky cooks up the evidence. The Russian authorities will be only too glad to get rid of two prisoners. Dead men don’t need rations.”
“But they are bound to listen to our side of the story.”
“Perhaps; but I don’t believe in trusting them to do it.”
“Well, what do you advise?”