Three-Cornered Halo
“Mr Cecil had himself first come to San Juan ‘conducted’ by Odyssey Tours, and professed himself prodigiously entertained by the Major’s witty descriptions of his adventures with il grouppa (‘Oddity Tours, I call ’em, my dear feller …!’) Major Bull, on the other hand, listened enraptured to gossip from the world of haute couture, all in garbled Restorationese. Both parties, in fact, prided themselves on collecting ‘freaks’ and had collected one another at sight.
The Sunday before the Fiesta di S...an Juan is a gala in itself, being known as Domenica di Boia or Hangman’s Sabbath. In early days, it was thought a proper attention to the bloodstained memory of the Founder, to abstain from all public executions during the week of celebrations that commemorate his translation into heaven. From this arose a custom of saving up prisoners during the months of August and September so that such as survived the intervening weeks in gaol might be transported—amid much rejoicing, for a nice hanging is irresistibly delightful to the Juanese—to a neighbouring island and there done to death en masse on a specially constructed gallow, (‘or eight-nooser,’ suggested Mr Cecil, informed of these origins).MoreLess
The Sunday before the Fiesta di S...an Juan is a gala in itself, being known as Domenica di Boia or Hangman’s Sabbath. In early days, it was thought a proper attention to the bloodstained memory of the Founder, to abstain from all public executions during the week of celebrations that commemorate his translation into heaven. From this arose a custom of saving up prisoners during the months of August and September so that such as survived the intervening weeks in gaol might be transported—amid much rejoicing, for a nice hanging is irresistibly delightful to the Juanese—to a neighbouring island and there done to death en masse on a specially constructed gallow, (‘or eight-nooser,’ suggested Mr Cecil, informed of these origins).MoreLess
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