1. Why is the flight of steps an important place to watch?

2. What is the reward if the fugitive is caught?

3. What would happen to the social order if not for the police?

4. Where does the man want to go?

5. Why does the Sergeant call the man back?

6. Why does the Sergeant allow the man to stay?

7. What hardships do police suffer, according to the Sergeant?

8. Who is bound with iron bands, in the man's song?

9. What does the Sergeant acknowledge doing in his youth?

10. What might the Sergeant have done if his friends had suggested it?

11. Who is on each side of the struggle?

12. What do the Sergeant and the man hear?

13. What does the Sergeant hide from his officers?

14. When will the man return the Sergeant's favor?