A soul reaching heaven out of purgatory must feel as we felt then.

We were too excited to eat, so we bathed, dressed, and lay down on the straw beds.
Before leaving us our captain had said:-- "Do not unbolt your door except to the password 'Burgundy.'" We slept till late in the afternoon.

When we wakened the sun was well down in the west, and we could see only its reflected glare in the eastern sky.

There was but one opening in the room through which the light could enter--a narrow window, less than a foot wide.

The light in the room was dim even at noon, but the long darkness had so affected our eyes that the light from the window was sufficient to illumine the apartment and to make all objects plainly discernible.