ce on the way. It was a very interesting cell, the
punishment cell was. If it had been in the Tower, everybody would go to
look at it because of its quaintness. There were two pools of water near to
the bed. I was three days in the cell, and those pools of water were always
there; I could see them because from where I lay on the bed the light
glinted on them. Just one gleam from the tiny cobwebby window high up. I
hadn't anything to read, of course, but even if I'd had something I
couldn't see to read. The bed was two planks, just raised an inch or two
above the water, and the pillow was wooden. Never any trouble about making
beds like that! The entire furniture of this cosy drawing-room was--you'll
never guess--a tree-stump, meant for a chair, I think. And on this
tree-stump was an india-rubber cup. I could just see it across the cell.

"At night the wardresses were struck with pity, or perhaps it was the
Governor. Anyhow, they brought me a mattress and a rug. They told me to get
up off the bed, and I told them I couldn't get up, couldn't even turn over.
So they said, 'Very well, then; you can do without these things,' and they
took them away. The funny thing was that I really couldn't get up. If I
tried to move, my leg made me want to shriek.

"After three days they decided to take me to the prison hospital. I
shrieked all the way--couldn't help it. They laughed. So then I laughed. In
the hospital, the doctor decided that my left ankle was sprained and my
right thigh broken. So I had the best of them, after all. They had to admit
they were wrong. It was most awkward for them. Then I thought I might as
well begin to eat. But they had to be very careful what they gave me. I
hadn't had anything for nearly six days, you see. They were in a fearful
stew. Doctor was there day and night. And it wasn't his fault. I told him
he had all my sympathies. He said he was very sorry I should be lame for
life, but it couldn't be helped, as the thigh had been left too long. I
said, 'Please don't mention it.'"

"But did they keep you after that?"

"Keep me! They implored my friends to take me away. No man was ever more
relieved that the poor dear Governor of Holloway Prison, and the Home
Secretary himself, too, when I left in a motor ambulance. The Governor
raised his hat to two of my friends. He would have eaten out of my hand if
I'd had a few more days to tame him."

Audrey's childlike and intense gaze had become extremely noticeab