The world, wonderful in its night silence, waited for him.

It was impossible for him to conceive of failure or death out there, and it seemed unreal and trivial that the Law should expect to hold him, with that world reaching out its arms to him and calling him.
Assured that the moment for action was at hand, he moved quickly.

In another ten seconds he was through the window, and his feet were on the ground.

For a space he stood out clear in the starlight.

Then he hurried to the end of the building and hid himself in the shadow.