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Chapter 5

           

           “Howstrangethatcriminalsseldomswoonatsuchamoment!Onthecontrary,thebrainisespeciallyactive,andworksincessantly—probablyhard,hard,hard—likeanengineatfullpressure.Iimaginethatvariousthoughtsmustbeatloudandfastthroughhishead—allunfinishedones,andstrange,funnythoughts,verylikely!—likethis,forinstance:‘Thatmanislookingatme,andhehasawartonhisforehead!andtheexecutionerhasburstoneofhisbuttons,andthelowestoneisallrusty!’Andmeanwhilehenoticesandrememberseverything.Thereisonepointthatcannotbeforgotten,roundwhicheverythingelsedancesandturnsabout;andbecauseofthispointhecannotfaint,andthislastsuntiltheveryfinalquarterofasecond,whenthewretchedneckisontheblockandthevictimlistensandwaitsandknows—that’sthepoint,heknowsthatheisjustnowabouttodie,andlistensfortheraspoftheironoverhishead.IfIlaythere,Ishouldcertainlylistenforthatgratingsound,andhearit,too!Therewouldprobablybebutthetenthpartofaninstantlefttohearitin,butonewouldcertainlyhearit.Andimagine,somepeopledeclarethatwhentheheadfliesoffitisconsciousofhavingflownoff!Justimaginewhatathingtorealize!Fancyifconsciousnessweretolastforevenfiveseconds!

           “Drawthescaffoldsothatonlythetopstepoftheladdercomesinclearly.Thecriminalmustbejuststeppingontoit,hisfaceaswhiteasnote-paper.

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