Seventh Notebook, The Iles Du Salut, Continued Summary and Analysis

In "A Raft in a Tomb," Papillion begins working on his next escape plan. The new warden is in charge. Papillion helps a man who is frequently in debt which prompts him to agree to help Papillion by making a raft. Papillion then convinces two men to help him carry the pieces of the raft away to be hidden and recruits another, Matthieu Carbonieri, to help him and to join him in the escape. Papillion and Carbonieri bury most of the pieces for the raft in the corner of the garden and the rest in the cemetery in a recently-dug grave of Madame Privat. The raft will float by inserting a large number of coconuts and Papillion also works on how to hide the coconuts. He then learns that...