"Good Lord!" said another guard, who might have been thought asleep on a bench, but who had lost not a syllable of the conversation, "do you suppose that men can escape their destiny?
"He's well guarded now; we only said he would escape."
I have never approved of the very public manner in which some of our western friends have conducted what they call the ~underground railroad,~ but which I think, by their open declarations, has been made most emphatically the ~upperground railroad.~ I honor those good men and women for their noble daring, and applaud them for willingly subjecting them- selves to bloody persecution, by openly avowing their participation in the
escape of slaves.
All considerations of loss of reputation or injury to his children should be dismissed: the only question is whether he would be right in attempting to
escape. Crito, who is a disinterested person not having the fear of death before his eyes, shall answer this for him.
"It may prove our best means of
escape from our difficulties.
More than ever was I determined to
escape the Mahars.
His original plan had contemplated connivance in the
escape of Lady Greystoke for two very good and sufficient reasons.
"None, none," said the Ape-man,--"none
escape. See!
Perhaps a thousand feet from me the river broke, as it seemed, directly from the base of the cliffs, and as there seemed not the remotest chance for
escape in that direction I turned my attention again toward the forest.
His concern was prompted by repeated inquiries on the part of Luud and finally resulted in suggesting to Tara of Helium a plan whereby she might find a new opportunity of
escape.
Until this moment I had looked upon the valley as my grave, for I had seen no possibility of getting out of it alive, but now I took courage and began to devise a means of
escape. I began by picking up all the largest diamonds I could find and storing them carefully in the leathern wallet which had held my provisions; this I tied securely to my belt.
Under two conditions only, however, may you be killed by us without orders from Tal Hajus; in personal combat in self-defense, should you attack one of us, or were you apprehended in an attempt to
escape.