Take me from here, or I shall kill myself." "Ah!" exclaimed the old woman.

"You see, poor girl, she believes herself innocent! They all do." "But why is she here ?" I demanded fiercely.
"I do not know, m'sieur.

It is not my duty to inquire the history of their crimes.

When they are ill I nurse them; that is all." "And who is the commandant of this fortress ?" "Colonel Smirnoff.

If he knew that I had admitted you, you would never leave this place alive.