to the Tombs Prison , and , followingfollowhim unobserved , was highly delighteddelightwhen the unsuspicious stranger walkedwalkup the front steps of the great stone building on Centre Street , and triedtryto obtain admission .
‘ I ’ve been breakingbreakin the grey colt — no easy business that — directingdirectthe ploughingploughof the last wheat stubble — for the ploughboy has not the sense to direct himself — and carrying out a plan for the extensive and efficient draining of the low meadowlands . ’