“Will you see that no one goes out, Pat? That is what I am here for. Very few want to break in and many would like to break out.”
“You are not thinking of any one in particular, are you?”
“Oh, no! Almost any one of the prisoners would walk out if he had the chance.”
“If they did, I surely would walk out with them.”
“We are not looking for trouble, Pat. It probably will come soon enough. Open the door. I thought I heard a rap.”
“So you did, and so did I.”
It was a messenger-boy. The communication read:
“We have a prisoner here, a confessed murderer. Will leave for your place in the morning.”
“All right, no answer,” the superintendent called to the waiting messenger.
“I am so glad to receive this.”