The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, vol 2
The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, vol 2
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of irons by which I was to be secured. The honest
Gelfhardt heard the officer say this cell was meant for me, and gave
me notice of it, but assured me it could not be ready in less than a
month. I therefore determined, as soon as possible, to complete my
breach in the wall, and escape without the aid of any one. The
thing was possible; for I had twisted the hair of my mattress into a
rope, which I meant to tie to a cannon, and descend the rampart,
after which I might endeavour to swim across the Elbe, gain the
Saxon frontiers, and thus safely escape.
On the 26th of May I had determined to break into the next casemate; but when I came to work at the bricks, I found them so hard and strongly cemented that I was obliged to defer the labour till the following day. I left off, weary and spent, at daybreak, and should any one enter my dungeon, they must infallibly discover the breach. How dreadful is the destiny by which, through life, I have been persecuted, and which has continually plunged me headlong in
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