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`` All 's right , '' said Collins to Newton , as he quitted the grating . `` We have friends without , and we have friends within . '' In about an hour some bread was brought in , and among those who brought it Collins perceived the person who had answered his signal ; but no farther recognition took place . At noon the door of the prison was again unbarred , and a surgeon came to dress the wounded men . He was accompanied by two or three others , deputed by the governor of the town to obtain intelligence , and the new acquaintance of Collins appeared as interpreter . While the surgeon dressed the wounds of Roberts and Williams ; which , although numerous , were none of any importance , many questions were asked , and taken down when interpreted . Each prisoner was separately interrogated ; Collins was one of the first examined .