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And soon the bell-beam stirred at the tightening ropes: the fugitives felt themselves swinging, rising, poised descending.
However, early the next day hope revived when five men entered, four mounting among the beams to the swing-beam with tools, one at the ladder-head shouting up orders; and Hogarth, when they had gone, whispered Harris: "They have been unscrewing the sockets in which the bell-beam swings". "Let them unscrew away", said Harris, his chin shivering on his hand.
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