मेरा आजीवन कारावास / माझी जन्मठेप (स्वातंत्र्यवीर सावरकर - काले पानी का ऐतिहासिक संस्मरण)

"Echo from the Andamans" at pages 88 to 93. The Superintendent assured me that they
would be interpreted exactly in the sense I had used them. So I agreed to the omission of
a few sentences I had inserted in my statement. The statement was despatched to the
proper authorities and I returned to my room in that prison.
Now the complexion of events seemed to have changed and I could almost say
that before long I was going to be free. My friends in the prison and all others were
beside themselves with joy. But I often reminded myself and them of the word
'almost', that I was almost sure that I would be free, and none should entirely depend
upon it. In my life I had been so many times disappointed so many times had hopes
proved dupes!

End of Chapter XII