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"In a boat with some refugees. A woman hid me with her skirts." "So you were trying to escape, were you?" IN A BOAT WITH SOME REFUGEES A WOMAN HID ME UNDER HER SKIRTS SO YOU WERE TRYING TO ESCAPE WERE YOU
came up to congratulate me on getting away. I could only shake my head and with death in my heart descend the Tennessee's ladder. It did not matter now what boat I took. Any boatman was eager enough to take me for a few cents. As I sat in the boat, every stroke of the oars bringing me nearer to the shore and to what I felt was inevitable captivity, a great bitterness swelled my heart. I was tired, utterly tired of all the dangers and trials I had been going through for the last months. From depression I sank into despair and out of despair came, strange to say, a great serenity, the serenity of despair. On the quay I ran into Hassan Bey, commandant of the police, who was superintending the embarkation of refugees. I knew him and he knew me. Half an hour later I was in police headquarters under examination by Hassan Bey. I was desperate, and answered him recklessly. A seasick man is indifferent to shipwreck. This was the substance of our conversation:-- "How did you get aboard the ship? OF WHOM KNEW ME AND CAME UP TO CONGRATULATE ME ON GETTING AWAY I COULD ONLY SHAKE MY HEAD AND WITH DEATH IN MY HEART DESCEND THE TENNESSES LADDER IT DID NOT MATTER NOW WHAT BOAT I TOOK ANY BOATMAN WAS EAGER ENOUGH TO TAKE ME FOR A FEW CENTS AS I SAT IN THE BOAT EVERY STROKE OF THE OARS BRINGING ME NEARER TO THE SHORE AND TO WHAT I FELT WAS INEVITABLE CAPTIVITY A GREAT BITTERNESS SWELLED IN MY HEART I WAS TIRED UTTERLY TIRED OF ALL THE DANGERS AND TRIALS I HAD BEEN GOING THROUGH FOR THE LAST MONTHS FROM DEPRESSION I SANK INTO DESPAIR AND OUT OF DESPAIR CAME STRANGE TO SAY A GREAT SERENITY THE SERENITY OF DESPAIR ON THE QUAY I RAN INTO HASSAN BAY THE COMMANDANT OF THE POLICE WHO WAS SUPERINTENDING THE EMBARKATION OF REFUGEES I KNEW HIM AND HE KNEW ME HALF AN HOUR LATER I WAS IN POLICE HEADQUARTERS UNDER EXAMINATION BY HUSSON BAY I WAS DESPERATE AND ANSWERED HIM RECKLESSLY A SEA SICK MAN IS INDIFFERENT TO SHIPWRECK THIS WAS THE SUBSTANCE OF OUR CONVERSATION HOW DID YOU GET ABOARD THE SHIP
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