human
You think those bars would hinder your escape?
gpt
You are mistaken.
human
I tell you you are mistaken, continued the young girl,
gpt
It was I!
human
You?
gpt
Yes; I was once a close prisoner in this very room--not watched as you are, but still a prisoner. I broke a watch to pieces, took out the mainspring, filed a saw with the nail-cleaning blade of a pen-knife, and with that I sawed away the bars, leaving barely enough to hold them together.
human
Yes; it _was_ hard work, and it took weeks to accomplish it. I dare say you wonder why I didn't make my escape. That's too long a story to tell you now.
gpt
No; I'm not a prisoner now, she answered,
human
How was that to be done?
gpt
Here is a bottle, continued she;