visitor should be able to remain inside the prison and not one

prisoner might get out. The warder, without looking at whom he

was touching, slapped Nekhludoff on the back, and Nekhludoff felt

hurt by the touch of the warder's hand; but, remembering what he

had come about, he felt ashamed of feeling dissatisfied and

The first apartment behind the entrance doors was a large vaulted

room with iron bars to the small windows. In this room, which was

called the meeting-room, Nekhludoff was startled by the sight of