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Chapter 4

           Itisacruelandunusualpunishment,andnomodernstatewouldbeguiltyofsuchalaw.Nevertheless,inthehistoryofCaliforniaIamthethirdmanwhohasbeencondemnedforlifetosolitaryconfinement.TheothertwowereJakeOppenheimerandEdMorrell.Ishalltellyouaboutthemsoon,forIrottedwiththemforyearsinthecellsofsilence.

           Oh,anotherthing.Theyaregoingtotakemeoutandhangmeinalittlewhile—no,notforkillingProfessorHaskell.Igotlife-imprisonmentforthat.TheyaregoingtotakemeoutandhangmebecauseIwasfoundguiltyofassaultandbattery.Andthisisnotprisondiscipline.Itislaw,andaslawitwillbefoundinthecriminalstatutes.

           IbelieveImadeaman’snosebleed.Ineversawitbleed,butthatwastheevidence.Thurston,hisnamewas.HewasaguardatSanQuentin.Heweighedonehundredandseventypoundsandwasingoodhealth.Iweighedunderninetypounds,wasblindasabatfromthelongdarkness,andhadbeensolongpentinnarrowwallsthatIwasmadedizzybylargeopenspaces.Really,mimewasawell-definedcaseofincipientagoraphobia,asIquicklylearnedthatdayIescapedfromsolitaryandpunchedtheguardThurstononthenose.

           Istruckhimonthenoseandmadeitbleedwhenhegotinmywayandtriedtocatchholdofme.Andsotheyaregoingtohangme.

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