"But the wardens said the Trees would not let us through."

That was, the warden says, because he had tried to escape.

I had a call from the state capital this morning,' the warden said evenly.

Well, the warden wrote Perry's dad and said he was welcome to come here any time.

As the wardens had said, the living rocks were waiting for them, just outside the Trees.

"Take him back to his quarters," the Warden says to me.

Then why did the warden say no Jews were here?

The warden said, "Sounds like you were having a little nightmare?"

The warden held back a smile and said, "You can stay here if you'd like.

"You're looking at a man who refuses to get along with the universe," the warden said.