Page:Narrative of a captivity and adventures in France and Flanders between the years 1803 and 1809.djvu/96

 *ment, I gazed on the sufferer, and, scarcely able to ask a question, stole into the yard, absorbed in thought and perplexity; not cherishing the faintest hope of finding another in the citadel to join with us. The fact was, that from my having been before suspected, and publicly denounced, and likewise from my being aware of the extent to which "espionage" was practised in the fort, I was backward in introducing the subject to several, who have since proved by their conduct that they would readily have accompanied me. I wandered about for some time, reflecting on this extraordinary occurrence, little suspicious of what was afterwards developed, that, from our total ignorance of the impediments in passing into the upper citadel, failure, and its attendant consequences, must have been the result of trial at this time. My mind, however, was not to be diverted from the object in view, and, no sooner had I roused myself from the effect of this disheartening event, than I began to meditate new schemes, for I was resolved on the attempt, "coute qui coute;" but hesitated, whether