“‘That is him!’ they all cried.
“‘I know his voice among a thousand,’ said one; ‘and I am certain it came from within this chamber.’
“‘Down with the door!’ shouted others.
“In a moment a thousand hammers seemed to be vigorously driven against the door. The men cheered each other on in the labour: each exerted all his force; and in a few seconds the heavy bolts were shivered to splinters, and, with a piercing hurra! a crowd of eager friends burst into the cell. As soon as they saw my condition, their hearts were filled with commiseration.
“‘It isn’t a place to turn a dog in,’ said one, indignantly.
“‘The miscreants!’ muttered another.
“‘Look at these terrible chains!’ cried a third.
“‘The tyrants!’ exclaimed several.
“‘Let us carry him from this miserable hole; he is too weak to move,’ said a man whom I had befriended.