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 LL the next day the children bent every effort toward sawing and digging  away at their window bars, but the hours  wore away and only one had been completely  loosened, while another was unfastened at  the bottom. The knife-blade was becoming dull with this rough usage, and their courage  dropped in proportion as their strength  gave out and night approached. Well on in the afternoon, Gysbert again removed the  tiles and planking, for both had imagined  they heard unusual sounds in the room below. They were not mistaken. A moment’s listening convinced them that it was Dirk and the wife of Joachim Hansleer, holding an animated conversation in low tones.

“Give me my share now, Dirk!” they