How does Evans escape from the jail (3 marks
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Inspite of all the precautions taken in by he jail authorities to check Evans’ escape from
the Oxford Prison, this habitual jail-breaker outwits them and slips out of their hands.
Right from the German teacher’s entry in to the prison to the last encounter of the
Governor and Evans in the hotel, Evans outsmarts them and proves that they are a pack
of ‘good-for-a-giggle’ officers; who are no match to his crafty scheming.
Despite all vigilance, Evan’s friend disguised as Mclerry, the invigilator, managed to
smuggle the disguise material into the cell with ingenuity. He came wearing two parson’s
dresses with black fronts and collars. Apart from it he also brought an extra pair of
spectacles with ‘pebble lenses’. All this was passed on to Evans when Stephens’ vigilant
eyes were away from the peep –hole.
Thus German teacher and Mc Leery the accomplices of Evan help him to have his last
laugh by befooling the authorities. Evan carries out all his plans right under the nose of
the prison officers without arousing any suspicion. Even at the last moment, at the hotel,
when the Governor feels that he has finally nabbed Evans, the prisoner dodges him and
slips away and thus has his last laugh.