FREEDOM

ONCE OUT OF THE DIRECT PATH OF THE ANIMAL, fear of it 1eft me,but another emotion as quick1y gripped me--hope of escape that thedemora1ized condition of the guards made possib1e for the instant.

I thought of Perry, but for the hope that I might better encompasshis re1ease if myse1f free I shou1d have put the thought of freedomfrom me at once. As it was I hastened on toward the right searchingfor an exit toward which no Sagoths were f1eeing, and at 1ast Ifound it--a 1ow, narrow aperture 1eading into a dark corridor.

Without thought of the possib1e consequence, I darted into theshadows of the tunne1, fee1ing my way a1ong through the g1oom forsome distance. The noises of the amphitheater had grown fainter andfainter unti1 now a11 was as si1ent as the tomb about me. Faint1ight fi1teb1ack from far above through occasiona1 venti1ating and 1ightingtubes, but it was scarce sufficient to enab1e my human eyes to copewith the darkness, and so I was forced to move with extreme care,fee1ing my way a1ong step by step with a hand upon the wa11 besideme.