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| 3 | 167 | I View more quotes about began">began to saw at the cords with the knife. |
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| 3 | 164 | And then I had the handle in my bound hands! But I could not reach the bonds. |
| 3 | 165 | I held the knife but could not use it. |
| 3 | 166 | Then, feverishly, I cried inwardly with joy, and pressed the point into the back of the bed and braced it with my own body. |
| 3 | 167 | I began to saw at the cords with the knife. |
| 3 | 168 | The knife, its handle braced against my sweating back, slipped four times, but each time I put it again in place and addressed myself again to my task. |
| 3 | 169 | Then my wrists were free. |
| 3 | 170 | I took the knife and slashed the cord at my throat and the cords at my ankles. |