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COMPANIONS IN CAPTIVITY.

stationed at the door, Pustoli? i. e. “Is there any one in?” and if he answered “No,” the prisoner went out, followed by the guard, and the sentinel at the door placed himself opposite him; he returned with the same ceremonies.[1] I observed in the roof

  1. The plan below, which we find drawn by Niemcewicz upon the margin of his manuscript, represents the prison in which he was confined.