During the whole five years in which the Duc de Beaufort had been in prison not a day had passed in which the cardinal had not felt a secret dread of his escape. It was not possible, as he knew well, to confine for the whole of his life the grandson of Henry IV., especially when this young prince was scarcely thirty years of age.
"Well, they say that Monsieur de Beaufort is going to escape from Vincennes, if he has not done so already."
It is my opinion that thousands would escape from slavery, who now remain, but for the strong cords of affection that bind them to their friends.
Ruggles was then very deeply engaged in the memorable ~Darg~ case, as well as at- tending to a number of other fugitive slaves, devis- ing ways and means for their successful escape; and, though watched and hemmed in on almost every side, he seemed to be more than a match for his enemies.
"They will set the thipdars upon us," he said, "and then we shall be killed; but--" he hesitated--"I would take the chance if I thought that I might possibly escape and return to my own people."
I was for making the attempted escape at once, but both Perry and Ghak counseled waiting for some propitious accident which would insure us some small degree of success.
At that part of the village farthest from the gates, Werper discovered that two or three long poles, taken from a nearby pile which had been collected for the construction of huts, had been leaned against the top of the palisade, forming a precarious, though not impossible avenue of escape.
Her escape from the village had been much easier than she had anticipated.
"None
escape," said the Beast People, looking askance at one another.
Almost immediately I recognised them for what they were, the dark openings of caves entering the solid walls--possible avenues of
escape or temporary shelter, could we but reach them.
This in itself constitutes an unimpeachable indictment of weakness, Then, influenced doubtless by an illogical feeling of sentiment, you permitted her to walk abroad in the fields to a place where she was able to make an almost successful attmept to
escape. Your own reasoning power, were it not defective, would convince you that you are unfit.
However, instead of putting thoughts of possible
escape from my mind, my audience with Lorquas Ptomel only served to center my every faculty on this subject.