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　　Escape – but what about Jack¹?
　　The bolts were shot back. The door opened and Jake appeared, carrying atin plate of biscuits, and a big open tin of sardines². He also put on the tablea jug³ of water.
　　Then he stared in amazement⁴ at the three children. Philip seemed to bechoking, and he rolled off his bench on the floor. Dinah was making themost extraordinary noises, and holding her head tightly in her hands. Lucy?Ann appeared to be on the point of being sick, and made the most alarminggroans.
　　‘What’s up?’ asked Jake.
　　Air! We want air!’ gasped⁶ Philip. ‘We’re choking! Air! Air!’
　　Dinah rolled on to the ground as well. Jake pulled her up and hustled⁷ herto the door. He pushed the others out into the passage. He thought they mustreally be on the point of choking – the air in the cell must be used up.
　　Philip watched his chance and reeled towards Jake as if he could notstand straight. As he came towards him he lifted his right foot, and aimed amighty kick at the lantern in Jake’s hand. It fell and smashed at once, andthe light went out. There was a tinkling⁸ of glass, a shout from Jake – andthen Philip sought for the hands of the two frightened girls. He found themand pushed the two hurriedly in front of him towards a passage on the left.
　　Jake, left in the darkness, began to grope about, shouting for the other man.
　　‘Oily! Hi, Oily! Bring a lamp! Quick! These dratted kids have fooled me.
　　Hi, Olly!’
　　Philip, trying hard to keep his sense of direction correct, hurried the girlsalong. Their hearts were beating painfully, and Lucy-Ann really did feel asif she was going to choke now. Soon they had left Jake’s shouts behind andwere in the wide main passage down which they had come not many hoursbefore. Philip was now using his torch, and it was pleasant to see the thin,bright beam of light.

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