Excitedintoastillgreaterresemblancetoacagedwildanimalbyhisanxietytoknowmore，theprisonerleapednimblydown，ranroundthechamber，leapednimblyupagain，claspedthegrateandtriedtoshakeit，leapeddownandran，leapedupandlistened，andneverresteduntilthenoise，becomingmoreandmoredistant，haddiedaway。Howmanybetterprisonershaveworntheirnobleheartsoutso；nomanthinkingofit；noteventhebelovedoftheirsoulsrealisingit；greatkingsandgovernors，whohadmadethemcaptive，careeringinthesunlightjauntily，andmencheeringthemon。Eventhesaidgreatpersonagesdyinginbed，makingexemplaryendsandsoundingspeeches；andpolitehistory，moreservilethantheirinstruments，embalmingthem!
Atlast，JohnBaptist，nowabletochoosehisownspotwithinthecompassofthosewallsfortheexerciseofhisfacultyofgoingtosleepwhenhewould，laydownuponthebench，withhisfaceturnedoveronhiscrossedarms，andslumbered。Inhissubmission，inhislightness，inhisgoodhumour，inhisshort-livedpassion，inhiseasycontentmentwithhardbreadandhardstones，inhisreadysleep，inhisfitsandstarts，altogetheratruesonofthelandthatgavehimbirth。
Thewidestarestareditselfoutforonewhile；theSunwentdowninared，green，goldenglory；thestarscameoutintheheavens，andthefire-fliesmimickedtheminthelowerair，asmenmayfeeblyimitatethegoodnessofabetterorderofbeings；thelongdustyroadsandtheinterminableplainswereinrepose——andsodeepahushwasonthesea，thatitscarcelywhisperedofthetimewhenitshallgiveupitsdead。
FellowTravellers’Nomoreofyesterday’showlingoveryonderto-day，Sir；isthere？’
’Ihaveheardnone。’