. The Siberian exiles. A novel . es were discov-ered. He would make two conditions only : the firstwas the one they had themselves offered, that theywould pledge their word of honor not to make any newattempts to run away, and the second was that they PROGRESS OF THE HUNGER STRIKE. 267 should not inform anyone outside the prison as to In other words, they were not to tell ofthe golodofka and its results. This last condition was rejected, and for a while itseemed as though the hunger strike would the prisoners determined in their resistance,the commandant yiel
. The Siberian exiles. A novel . es were discov-ered. He would make two conditions only : the firstwas the one they had themselves offered, that theywould pledge their word of honor not to make any newattempts to run away, and the second was that they PROGRESS OF THE HUNGER STRIKE. 267 should not inform anyone outside the prison as to In other words, they were not to tell ofthe golodofka and its results. This last condition was rejected, and for a while itseemed as though the hunger strike would the prisoners determined in their resistance,the commandant yielded the point, and the protest byself-starvation was declared at an end. All night the surgeon and his assistants were busy inendeavoring to save the sufferers from further torturethrough hunger. Stimulants were applied, food wasgiven sparingly, the worst cases were removed to thehospital, the kameras were ventilated as much as it waspossible to ventilate them, and on the following morn-ing the obnoxious partitions were CHAPTER XXVII. THE FREE COMMAND. The skill and care of the surgeon was rewarded bythe recovery of all the prisoners, though several hadvery narrow escapes from death. Among these wasPushkin ; he had held up until the end, retaining hisfaculties throughout; at the final visit of the command-ant he was able to talk coherently, though scarcelyabove a whisper, but when the decision was announcedthat the request of the prisoners was granted and theywould take food, he fell off into a complete faint andthe hospital attendant who had him in charge thoughthe had expired. Hypodermic injections of brandy gave strength tobis almost imperceptible pulse, and the food which wasjudiciously given under medical supervision had thedesired effect. He was carried to the hospital andplaced in a bed, and there he remained for several da3^s,scarcely able to move. By degrees he regained hisstrength ; in due time the surgeon certified that hewas sufficiently restored to be sen
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