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He lifted his head when Desmas appeared, glad that any form should have appeared at his door, and looked at him with large, clear, examining eyes — those eyes that in the past had inspired so much confidence and surety in all those who had known him.

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With these modifications and a trade, and perhaps the little yard which Desmas had referred to, his life would be, if not ideal, at least tolerable.

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That is, if Desmas had the least interest in a prisoner he need scarcely say so much to Bonhag; he might merely suggest that this man was used to a different kind of life, or that, because of some past experience, it might go hard with him if be were handled roughly; and Bonhag would strain himself to be pleasant.

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Nevertheless, he now thanked Desmas for this, as well as for the sheets and the toilet articles which had just been brought in.

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Desmas was a large man physically — Irish by birth, a politician by training — who had been one thing and another in

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A close study of Bonhag would have seemed to indicate that he was a stool-pigeon of Desmas, but this was really not true except in a limited way.

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He talked slowly and emphatically, looking Desmas directly in the eye all of the time.

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“Butler is down on him,” Strobik said to Desmas, on one occasion.

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Cowperwood was so friendly with Desmas that the latter had described to him the type of cell he was to have beforehand, it behooved Bonhag to be especially careful.

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On the way Desmas commented on the fact that he had always been a model prisoner.

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