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Colin Dexter

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The story Evans tries an O-level written by Colin Dexter is about a cunning prisoner Evans who makes a plan to escape from the prison on the day of his German language O-level exam.

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Evans, a prisoner wanted to write the O-level exam in German language and the prison authorities made the necessary arrangements for the conduct of the exam.

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The Governor took utmost care to see that Evans would not use this opportunity to escape.

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Evans was locked in a solitary room. His cell was checked and his nail-file and nail-scissors were taken away. His cell was bugged. He was well guarded with all the officers on alert, two locked doors between Evans's cell and the yard which had a high wall.

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Jackson and Stephens were the prisoner officer who were asked to check on him always. Stephens was supposed to be inside the cell guarding Evans but he was then asked to sit outside the cell as it was inconvenient for Evans to write the exam with an officer beside him. So Stephens sat outside but he always checked on him every two minutes.

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Jackson allowed Evans to wear bobble hat as Evans said that it was his lucky charm.

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The Invigilator of the exam was Rev.Stuart McLeery. He carried a briefcase which contained a sealed question paper envelope, a yellow invigilation form, a special authentication card from the examination board, a paper knife, the Bible and a copy of 'The Church Times'. He also had semi- inflated rubber tube which he said that he carried it because he suffered from haemorrhoids.

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The exam had begun. At that time the Governor received a call from the examination board that a correction slip was left behind. The Governor connected the call with Jackson and he coveyed the message that one word has to be corrected and has to be rewritten as golden lion.

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The exam was going on but when Stephens looked inside the cell he found that Evans was actually not writing anything. Later when he checked he saw that he was wearing a blanket. He had some doubts about that but he kept quiet and did not report anything.

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When the exam got over Stephens escorted McLeery to the prison gate. That time he noticed that McLeery looked slimmer and his Scots accent seemed broader than ever. But still he did not report anything of this.

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Then Stephens went to Evans's cell to have a last check on him. But when he entered the cell he was shocked to find McLeery lying down covered in blood. He assumed that Evans had attacked McLeery and escaped disguising as him

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Other officers came to help McLeery and while he was being carried he told the governor that he knew where Evans was.The Governor called Carter to get McLeery to the hospital. Carter then called him up and said that McLeery  saw Evans driving off along Elsfield way but they couldn't get him. He also said that he dropped McLeery at the hospital.

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The Governor knew Evans was heading to Newbury and asked the officers to get him. He then called the hospital to check for McLeery but he was informed that no person in that name was admitted there.

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He then got a call that the real McLeery was found bound and gagged in his study. Later the Governor realised that it had not been Evans impersonating McLeery, who had walked out ;it had been Evans impersonating McLeery, who stayed in. He was also informed that Evans was not in Newbury.

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Meanwhile, Evans was enjoying his freedom at the luxurious hotel. He was thinking about all of his plans and how well he executed them.The person who came for invigilation pretending to be McLeery had worn two black fronts, two collars, etc. And Evans changed his get-up under the blanket. Thinking about all this he walked to his room but to his surprise he found the Governor sitting in his room.

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When asked how he found him, the Governor said that he realised that correction slip mentioning Golden Lion was the name of the hotel and he found the location using the coordinates which he found Evans writing on the answer paper as per the instructions of the invigilator.

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He then asked Evans how he managed to get the blood and Evans said that it was pig's blood which was in the rubber ring that McLeery carried.

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The Governor realised that he made many slips which helped Evans escape from the jail. First of all Evans knew who the invigilator was. Then Jackson allowed him to wear his bobble hat. They did not check the validity of the German teacher who came to teach him. They also allowed McLeery to carry the rubber ring.

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Then Stephens , the prison officer also made some mistakes by not reporting the facts that whenever he looked, Evans was actually not writing anything,then when he looked he was wearing a blanket and then his suspicions on McLeery as he looked thinner and his accent changed when he was escorting him back to the prison gate.

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Then the other mistakes include McLeery being just dropped at the hospital and no officer staying beside him.

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Now that the Governor understood all that had happened he handcuffed Evans and ushered him into the van.He did not go with him and instead two of the officers were asked to take him  back to the prison.

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The van left and the prison officers unlocked the the handcuffs on the way and when the driver asked him where he wanted to go in a broad Scots accent, he replied Newbury.

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In fact they were his friends and this was all part of his escape plan. Once again he outsmarted the Governor.