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Chapter 29

           

           Butthecurseoftheplacewasnotbecauseoftheseadvantages,suchastheywere,butinspiteofthem—thisunremittedcontact,asanyonecouldsee,withmindsnowterrorizedanddiscoloredbythethoughtofanapproachingdeaththatwassonearformanythatitwasasanicyhanduponthebroworshoulder.Andnone—whateverthebravado—capableofenduringitwithoutmentalorphysicaldeteriorationinsomeform.Theglooms—thestrains—theindefinableterrorsanddespairsthatblewlikewindsorbreathsaboutthisplaceanddepressedorterrorizedallbyturns!Theyweremanifestatthemostunexpectedmoments,bycurses,sighs,tearseven,callsforasong—forGod’ssake!—orthemostunintendedandunexpectedyellsorgroans.Worseyet,andproductiveofperhapsthemostgrindinganddestroyingofallthemiserieshere—thetransversepassageleadingbetweentheolddeathhouseontheonehandandtheexecution-chamberontheother.Forthisfromtimetotime—alas,howfrequently—wasthesceneorstageforatleastapartofthetragedythatwasheresoregularlyenacted—thefinalbusinessofexecution.

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