I was becoming the most criminal and ungrateful of mankind. “It is true,” said I, “she has been a prisoner these twenty-five years; but, liberty excepted she wanted nothing that could make her happy. My folly has put an end to her happiness, and brought upon her the cruelty of an unmerciful devil.” I let down the trapdoor, covered it again with earth, and returned to the city with a burden of wood, which I bound up without knowing what I did,
I was becoming the most criminal and ungrateful of mankind. “It is true,” said I, “she has been a prisoner these twenty-five years; but, liberty excepted she wanted nothing that could make her happy. My folly has put an end to her happiness, and brought upon her the cruelty of an unmerciful devil.” I let down the trapdoor, covered it again with earth, and returned to the city with a burden of wood, which I bound up without knowing what I did,