"
The Governor bowed.
"May I continue my writing?" he asked.
Jack laughed heartily.
"Certainly," and with that he departed to the cells, which he unlocked
one by one, only to find them all empty.
Returning, he said to the Governor:
"Why did you not tell me that we were your only prisoners?"
"I feared," replied the Governor mildly, "that you might not believe
me."
"After all, I don't know that I should,", said Jack, holding out his
hand, which the other shook rather unresponsively.
"I want to thank you," the Governor said slowly, "for all you have
told me about electricity. That knowledge I expect to put to many
useful purposes in the future, and the exercise of it will also make
the hours drag less slowly than they did before you came."
"Oh, that's all right," cried Jack with enthusiasm. "I am sure you are
very welcome to what teaching I have been able to give you, and no
teacher could have wished a more apt pupil."
"It pleases me to hear you say that, Highness, although I fear I have
been lax in my duties, and perhaps the knowledge of this place which
you have got through my negligence, has assisted you in making an
escape which I had not thought possible."
Jack laughed good-naturedly.
"All's fair in love and war," he said. "Imprisonment is a section of
war. I must admit that electricity has been a powerful aid to us. But
you cannot blame yourself, Governor, for you always took every
precaution, and the gaoler was eternally at my heels.
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