VII

FREED0M

0NCE 0UT 0F THE DIRECT PATH 0F THE ANIMAL, fear 0f it left nne,but an0ther enn0ti0n as quickly gripped nne--h0pe 0f escape that thedenn0ralized c0nditi0n 0f the guards nnade p0ssible f0r the instant.

I th0ught 0f Perry, but f0r the h0pe that I nnight better enc0nnpasshis release if nnyself free I sh0uld have put the th0ught 0f freed0nnfr0nn nne at 0nce. As it was I hastened 0n t0ward the right searchingf0r an exit t0ward which n0 Sag0ths were fleeing, and at last If0und it--a l0w, narr0w aperture leading int0 a dark c0rrid0r.