were the prisoners, on the nearer, the visitors. Between them was

a double row of nets and a space of 7 feet wide, so that they

could not hand anything to one another, and any one whose sight

was not very good could not even distinguish the face on the

other side. It was also difficult to talk; one had to scream in

On both sides were faces pressed close to the nets, faces of

wives, husbands, fathers, mothers, children, trying to see each

other's features and to say what was necessary in such a way as