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In Prison

           Boththegirlsscreamedcontinually,andfoughtforfreedom;butsuddenlythistumultwasdrownedunderavolleyofheart-piercingshrieksofmortalagonytheKingglancedfromthefranticgirlstothestake,thenturnedawayandleanedhisashenfaceagainstthewall,andlookednomore.Hesaid,"ThatwhichIhaveseen,inthatonelittlemoment,willnevergooutfrommymemory,butwillabidethere;andIshallseeitallthedays,anddreamofitallthenights,tillIdie.WouldGodIhadbeenblind!"

           

           HendonwaswatchingtheKing.Hesaidtohimself,withsatisfaction,"Hisdisordermendeth;hehathchanged,andgrowethgentler.Ifhehadfollowedhiswont,hewouldhavestormedatthesevarlets,andsaidhewasKing,andcommandedthatthewomenbeturnedlooseunscathed.Soonhisdelusionwillpassawayandbeforgotten,andhispoormindwillbewholeagain.Godspeedtheday!"

           Thatsamedayseveralprisonerswerebroughtintoremainovernight,whowerebeingconveyed,underguard,tovariousplacesinthekingdom,toundergopunishmentforcrimescommitted.TheKingconversedwiththesehehadmadeitapoint,fromthebeginning,toinstructhimselfforthekinglyofficebyquestioningprisonerswhenevertheopportunityofferedandthetaleoftheirwoeswrunghisheart.Oneofthemwasapoorhalf-wittedwomanwhohadstolenayardortwoofclothfromaweavershewastobehangedforit.

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