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Chapter 56

           

           Thesunwasstrikinginatthegreatwindowsofthecourt,throughtheglitteringdropsofrainupontheglass,anditmadeabroadshaftoflightbetweenthetwo-and-thirtyandtheJudge,linkingbothtogether,andperhapsremindingsomeamongtheaudiencehowbothwerepassingon,withabsoluteequality,tothegreaterJudgmentthatknowethallthings,andcannoterr.Risingforamoment,adistinctspeckoffaceinthiswayoflight,theprisonersaid,"MyLord,IhavereceivedmysentenceofDeathfromtheAlmighty,butIbowtoyours,"andsatdownagain.Therewassomehushing,andtheJudgewentonwithwhathehadtosaytotherest.Thentheywereallformallydoomed,andsomeofthemweresupportedout,andsomeofthemsaunteredoutwithahaggardlookofbravery,andafewnoddedtothegallery,andtwoorthreeshookhands,andotherswentoutchewingthefragmentsofherbtheyhadtakenfromthesweetherbslyingabout.Hewentlastofall,becauseofhavingtobehelpedfromhischair,andtogoveryslowly;andheheldmyhandwhilealltheotherswereremoved,andwhiletheaudiencegotup(puttingtheirdressesright,astheymightatchurchorelsewhere),andpointeddownatthiscriminaloratthat,andmostofallathimandme.

           IearnestlyhopedandprayedthathemightdiebeforetheRecorder’sReportwasmade;but,inthedreadofhislingeringon,IbeganthatnighttowriteoutapetitiontotheHomeSecretaryofState,settingforthmyknowledgeofhim,andhowitwasthathehadcomebackformysake.

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