opened, and an officer in uniform, followed by another warder,

stepped out. The warder with the notebook proclaimed that the

admittance of visitors would now commence. The sentinel stepped

aside, and all the visitors rushed to the door as if afraid of

being too late; some even ran. At the door there stood a warder

who counted the visitors as they came in, saying aloud, 16, 17,

and so on. Another warder stood inside the building and also

counted the visitors as they entered a second door, touching each