Американська трагедія

Chapter 30

           

           Asfortheothers,throughoutthisexcitement,onecouldhearthemwalkingandmumblingorcallingtotheguardstodosomething.AndasforClyde,neverhavingexperiencedorimaginedsuchascene,hewasliterallyshiveringwithfearandhorror.Allthroughthelastnightofthisman’slifehelayonhispallet,chasingphantoms.Sothiswaswhatdeathwaslikehere;mencried,prayed,theylosttheirminds—yetthedeadlyprocesswasinnowayhalted,foralltheirterror.Instead,atteno’clockandinordertoquietallthosewhowereleft,acoldlunchwasbroughtinandoffered—butwithnoneeatingsavetheChinamanovertheway.

           Andthenatfourthefollowingmorning—thekeepersinchargeofthedeadlyworkcomingsilentlyalongthemainpassageanddrawingtheheavygreencurtainswithwhichthecellswereequippedsothatnonemightseethefatalprocessionwhichwasyettoreturnalongthetransversepassagefromtheolddeathhousetotheexecutionroom.AndyetwithClydeandalltheotherswakingandsittingupatthesound.

           Itwashere,theexecution!Thehourofdeathwasathand.Thiswasthesignal.Intheirseparatecells,manyofthosewhothroughfearorcontrition,orbecauseofinnatereligiousconvictions,hadbeenrecalledtosomeformofshieldingorcomfortingfaith,wereupontheirkneespraying.Amongtherestwereotherswhomerelywalkedormuttered.Andstillotherswhoscreamedfromtimetotimeinanincontrollablefeverofterror.

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