While the other prisoners continued to work in the mines, and Rum Con sat in his cell, lost in thought, two guards accompanied a man with a gray beard to his cell.
- Don't forget to convey my apologies to the warden, - he said to the prison guards, - I had urgent matters, so I couldn't appear at the first summons. Well, are you ready?
But when the guards left, a cunning glint flashed in his eyes.
- Ready for what?