 The following day they feigned acquiescence to the prisoners' demands and, while the prisoners then agreeably went off to work outside the camp, the guards busied themselves patching up the broken-down wall.Nevertheless, this was a strategic error on their part because it exposed the bad faith of the guards and eliminated all remaining trust the prisoners had in their word.More importantly, though, the prisoners had, for one whole day, tasted total freedom (within the confines of the camp compound), mingling freely with the female prisoners, eating their fill, and fraternizing as they pleased, and this put in them a desire for freedom that would not be so easily quenched.