This is the Schusselburg of Finland--the place of imprisonment for those who have conspired against the State." "The prison of political conspirators, eh ?" "Alas, m'sieur, yes! The place in which some of the poor creatures are tortured in order to obtain confessions and information with as much cruelty as in the black days of the Inquisition.

These walls are thick, and their cries are not heard from the oubliettes below the lake." I had long ago heard of the horrors of Schusselburg.

Indeed who has not heard of them who has traveled in Russia?
The very mention of the modern Bastille on Lake Ladoga, where no prisoner has ever been known to come forth alive, is sufficient to cause any Russian to turn pale.

And I was in the Schusselburg of Finland! I turned over the sheet of paper and wrote the question-- "Did Baron Oberg send you here ?" In response, she printed the words-- "I believe so.

I was arrested in Helsingfors.