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142 cell was opened, as well as that of another, and of the third on the opposite side. Notwithstanding the greatest care to keep silence, I heard a trunk placed on the floor, and the voice of Makarow speaking German to a prisoner. I heard also some words in Polish, which seemed to be uttered by a servant. I spent the night in conjectures and uncertainty.

On the following morning, about eleven o’clock, I heard Samoilow’s voice in my neighbour’s room; I did not doubt that it was the beginning of the examination, and of all the ceremonies I had undergone. It appeared to me as if he were visiting other cells, and in an hour he came to me. A satisfaction like that of a fisherman who has just caught some large and fine fish, was apparent on his face. “At last,” said he to me, “your Potocki, Zakrzewski, Wawrzecki, Mostowski, Kapostas, are in our hands.”—