LIFE IN THE GALLEYS 81 



galleys or death, rather than renounce the faith" in Bribery 

 which he had been educated. Finding their efforts of 

 little avail, the priests finally declared that his soul was 

 in the possession of the devil and therefore gave his body 

 over to the civil authoiities. 



In company with a fellow prisoner, to whom he was 

 tied and handcuffed, Amadee was led away to the prison 

 at Tournay where he was thrown into a loathsome dun- 

 geon. Six weeks was he forced to drag out a miserable Dungeon Life 

 existence in this human kennel — living on a scanty 

 allowance of bread and water, sleeping on the bare pave- 

 ment, and "suffering inexpressibly" from the accumu- 

 lated filth of his apartment. From Toui'nay he was 

 taken to Lisle, where he was thrown into a room where 

 about thirty unfortunates were confined in total darkness 

 — not a ray of light entering the apartment. These 

 prisoners were of the lowest type, and their vile company 

 was abhorrent to Amadee. He did not remain among 

 them for long, however, for the turnkey, fancying him- 

 self insulted, removed the youth to a solitary dungeon 

 whose floor was covered knee- deep with water. Amadee 

 now refused to eat the portion of bread which was brought 

 to him and resigned himself to a lingering death ; but 

 fate, in the person of the Grand Provost of the prison, 

 ordered otherwise. The Provost, who was himself of 

 Protestant extraction, upon hearing that Amadee was a 

 Huguenot, at once ordered him removed to a more com- 

 fortable quarter of the prison and saw to it that he was 

 supplied with wholesome food and drink. 



This comparatively mild detention did not last a great The Galleys 

 while, for at the end of three months Amadee was 

 ordered to depart for Marseilles with a party of galley- 

 slaves. On the journey, which was one of some three 

 hundred miles, a beautiful girl was attracted to Amadee 

 and approached him, holding a rosary with a crucifix 

 attached to it, which she offered him. Though he would 

 gladly have accepted it as a token from the tender- 



