One Thing More
“The deputies had been debating the sentence on the King since 14 January—three days now. Tonight they were returning their verdict, each emerging from the shadows to climb the rostrum for his moment in history.
She watched the man who stood up there now, the candlelight shining on his face as he stared out at the packed room, exhausted after hours of argument. He said only the one word, ‘Death,’ then scuttled down the steps, feet clattering on the wood, and disappeared.
His place was taken by a...nother. It may have been midwinter outside, but in here the press of bodies and the excitement made the air close and heavy. This next man’s skin was pallid and sheened with sweat. He hesitated a few moments, disregarding the faint rustle of impatience from the men sitting squashed in the front rows.
‘Death!’ he said huskily, then stepped down. His feet slipped and he snatched at the rail to steady himself, before reaching the bottom and being swallowed by the shadows again.
Célie cared intensely what happened.MoreLess
She watched the man who stood up there now, the candlelight shining on his face as he stared out at the packed room, exhausted after hours of argument. He said only the one word, ‘Death,’ then scuttled down the steps, feet clattering on the wood, and disappeared.
His place was taken by a...nother. It may have been midwinter outside, but in here the press of bodies and the excitement made the air close and heavy. This next man’s skin was pallid and sheened with sweat. He hesitated a few moments, disregarding the faint rustle of impatience from the men sitting squashed in the front rows.
‘Death!’ he said huskily, then stepped down. His feet slipped and he snatched at the rail to steady himself, before reaching the bottom and being swallowed by the shadows again.
Célie cared intensely what happened.MoreLess
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