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Our body is healthy and strength returns to it speedily. We lunged against the door and it gave way. We stole through the dark passages, and through the dark streets, and down into our tunnel. OUR BODY IS HEALTHY AND STRENGTH RETURNS TO IT SPEEDILY WE LUNGED AGAINST THE DOOR AND IT GAVE WAY WE STOLE THROUGH THE DARK PASSAGES AND THROUGH THE DARK STREETS AND DOWN INTO OUR TUNNEL
s on the bricks, and we moved them, and we knew that they were our hands. But we could not move our body. Then we smiled, for we thought of the light and that we had not betrayed it. We lay in our cell for many days. The door opened twice each day, once for the men who brought us bread and water, and once for the Judges. Many Judges came to our cell, first the humblest and then the most honored Judges of the City. They stood before us in their white togas, and they asked: “Are you ready to speak?” But we shook our head, lying before them on the floor. And they departed. We counted each day and each night as it passed. Then, tonight, we knew that we must escape. For tomorrow the World Council of Scholars is to meet in our City. It was easy to escape from the Palace of Corrective Detention. The locks are old on the doors and there are no guards about. There is no reason to have guards, for men have never defied the Councils so far as to escape from whatever place they were ordered to be. PON TWO HANDS LYING BEFORE US ON THE BRICKS AND WE MOVED THEM AND WE KNEW THAT THEY WERE OUR HANDS BUT WE COULD NOT MOVE OUR BODY THEN WE SMILED FOR WE THOUGHT OF THE LIGHT AND THAT WE HAD NOT BETRAYED IT WE LAY IN OUR CELLS FOR MANY DAYS THE DOOR OPENED TWICE EACH DAY ONCE FOR THE MEN WHO BROUGHT US BREAD AND WATER AND ONCE FOR THE JUDGES MANY JUDGES CAME TO OUR CELL FIRST THE HUMBLEST AND THEN THE MOST HONORED JUDGES OF THE CITY THEY STOOD BEFORE US IN THEIR WHITE TOGAS AND THEY ASKED ARE YOU READY TO SPEAK BUT WE SHOOK OUR HEAD LYING BEFORE THEM ON THE FLOOR AND THEY DEPARTED WE COUNTED EACH DAY AND EACH NIGHT AS IT PASSED THEN TO NIGHT WE KNEW THAT WE MUST ESCAPE FOR TOMORROW THE WORLD COUNCIL OF SCHOLARS IS TO MEET IN OUR CITY IT WAS EASY TO ESCAPE FROM THE PALACE OF CORRECTIVE DETENTION THE LOCKS ARE OLD ON THE DOORS AND THERE ARE NO GUARDS ABOUT THERE IS NO REASON TO HAVE GUARDS FOR MEN HAVE NEVER DEFIED THE COUNCILS SO FAR AS TO ESCAPE FROM WHATEVER PLACE THEY ARE ORDERED TO BE
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