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I shall like to see the gardener 's phiz through the trap-door , when he beholds the spikes under him ! '' cried Townsend . `` Now for breakfast ! '' `` Ay , now for breakfast , '' said Archer , looking at his watch ; `` past eight o'clock , and my town boys not come ! I do n't understand this ! '' Archer had expected a constant supply of provisions from two boys who lived in the town , who were cousins of his , and who had promised to come every day , and put food in at a certain hole in the wall , in which a ventilator usually turned . This ventilator Archer had taken down , and had contrived it so that it could be easily removed and replaced at pleasure ; but , upon examination , it was now perceived that the hole had been newly stopped up by an iron back , which it was impossible to penetrate or remove .