Notre prisonnier se hâta de construire une sorte de ruban avec du linge ; et le soir, un peu après neuf heures, il entendit fort bien de petits coups frappés sur les caisses des orangers qui se trouvaient sous sa fenêtre ; il laissa glisser son ruban qui lui ramena une petite corde fort longue, à l’aide de laquelle il retira d’abord une provision de chocolat, et ensuite, à son inexprimable satisfaction, un rouleau de papier et un crayon.
Our hero hastened to make a riband of sorts out of his linen; and that evening, shortly after nine, he heard quite distinctly a series of little taps on the tubs of the orange trees which stood beneath his window; he let down his riband, which brought back with it a fine cord of great length with the help of which he drew up first of all a supply of chocolate, and then, to his unspeakable satisfaction, a roll of paper and a pencil.