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<v Speaker 1>Chapter fifty six of Great Expectations. This is a LibriVox recording.

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<v Speaker 1>recording is by Mark Smith of Simpsonville, South Carolina. Great

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<v Speaker 1>Expectations by Charles Dickens, chapter fifty six. He lay in

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<v Speaker 1>prison very ill during the whole interval between his committal

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<v Speaker 1>for trial and the coming round of the sessions. He

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<v Speaker 1>had broken two ribs, they had wounded one of his lungs,

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<v Speaker 1>and he breathed with great pain and difficulty, which increased daily.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a consequence of his hurt that he spoke

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<v Speaker 1>so low as to be scarcely audible. Therefore he spoke

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<v Speaker 1>very little, but he was ever ready to listen to me,

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<v Speaker 1>and it became the first duty of my life to

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<v Speaker 1>say to him and read to him why I knew

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<v Speaker 1>he ought to hear. Being far too ill to remain

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<v Speaker 1>in the common prison, he was removed after the first

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<v Speaker 1>day or so into the infirmary. This gave me opportunities

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<v Speaker 1>of being with him that I could not otherwise have had,

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<v Speaker 1>And but for his illness, he would have been put

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<v Speaker 1>in irons, for he was regarded as a determined prison breaker,

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<v Speaker 1>and I knew not what else. Although I saw him

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<v Speaker 1>every day, it was for only a short time. Hence

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<v Speaker 1>the regularly recurring spaces of our separation were long enough

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<v Speaker 1>to record on his face any slight changes that occurred

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<v Speaker 1>in his physical state. I do not recollect that I

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<v Speaker 1>once saw any change in it for the better. He

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<v Speaker 1>wasted and became slowly weaker and worse day by day,

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<v Speaker 1>from the day when the prison door closed upon him.

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<v Speaker 1>The kind of submission or resignation that he showed was

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<v Speaker 1>that of a man who was tired out. I sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>derived an impression from his manner, or from a whispered

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<v Speaker 1>word or two which escaped him, that he pondered over

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<v Speaker 1>the question whether he might have been a better man

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<v Speaker 1>under better circumstances. But he never justified himself by a

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<v Speaker 1>hint tending that way, or tried to bend the past

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<v Speaker 1>out of its eternal shape. It happened on two or

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<v Speaker 1>three occasions in my presence that his desperate reputation was

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<v Speaker 1>alluded to by one or other of the people in

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<v Speaker 1>attendance on him. A smile crossed his face then, and

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<v Speaker 1>he turned his eyes on me with a trustful look,

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<v Speaker 1>as if he were confident that I had seen some

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<v Speaker 1>small redeeming touch in him, even so long ago as

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<v Speaker 1>when I was a little child. As to all the rest,

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<v Speaker 1>he was humble in contrite, and I never knew him complain.

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<v Speaker 1>When the sessions came round, mister Jaggers caused an application

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<v Speaker 1>to be made for the postponement of his trial until

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<v Speaker 1>the following sessions. It was obviously made with the assurance

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<v Speaker 1>that he could not live so long, and was refused.

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<v Speaker 1>The trial came on at once, and when he was

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<v Speaker 1>put to the bar, he was seated in a chair.

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<v Speaker 1>No objection was made to my getting close to the

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<v Speaker 1>dock on the outside of it, and holding the hand

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<v Speaker 1>that he stretched forth to me. The trial was very

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<v Speaker 1>short and very clear. Such things as could be said

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<v Speaker 1>for him were said, how he had taken to industrious habits,

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<v Speaker 1>and had thriven lawfully and reputably. But nothing could unsay

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that he had returned and was there in

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<v Speaker 1>the presence of the judge and jury. It was impossible

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<v Speaker 1>to try him for that and do otherwise than find

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<v Speaker 1>him guilty. At that time it was the custom, as

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<v Speaker 1>I learned from my terrible experience of that sessions, to

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<v Speaker 1>devote a concluding day to the passing of sentences, and

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<v Speaker 1>to make a finishing effect with the sentence of death.

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<v Speaker 1>But for the indelible picture that my remembrance now holds

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<v Speaker 1>before me, I could scarcely believe, even as our write

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<v Speaker 1>these words, that I saw two and thirty men and

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<v Speaker 1>women put before the judge to receive that sentence together.

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<v Speaker 1>Foremost among the two and thirty was he seated that

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<v Speaker 1>he might get breath enough to keep life in him.

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<v Speaker 1>The whole scene starts out again in the vivid colors

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<v Speaker 1>of the moment, down to the drops of april rain

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<v Speaker 1>on the windows of the court, glittering in the rays

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<v Speaker 1>of april sun penned in the dock, as I again

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<v Speaker 1>stood outside it at the corner with his hand in mine,

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<v Speaker 1>were the two and thirty men and women, some defiant,

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<v Speaker 1>some stricken with terror, some sobbing and weeping, some covering

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<v Speaker 1>their faces, some staring gloomily about. There had been shrieks

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<v Speaker 1>from among the women convicts, but they had been stilled,

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<v Speaker 1>and a hush had succeeded. The sheriffs with their great

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<v Speaker 1>chains and nosegays, other civic gougaws, and monsters, criers, ushers.

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<v Speaker 1>A great gallery foo full of people. A large theatrical

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<v Speaker 1>audience looked on as the two and thirty and the

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<v Speaker 1>judge were solemnly confronted. Then the judge addressed them. Among

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<v Speaker 1>the wretched creatures before him, whom he must single out

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<v Speaker 1>for special address was one who, almost from his infancy,

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<v Speaker 1>had been an offender against the laws, who after repeated

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<v Speaker 1>imprisonments and punishments, had been at length sentenced to exile

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<v Speaker 1>for a term of years, and who, under circumstances of

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<v Speaker 1>great violence and daring, had made his escape and been

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<v Speaker 1>re sentenced to exile for life. That miserable man would

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<v Speaker 1>seem for a time to have become convinced of his errors,

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<v Speaker 1>when far removed from the scenes of his old offenses,

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<v Speaker 1>and to have lived a peaceable and honest life. But

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<v Speaker 1>in a fatal moment, yielding to those propensities and passions,

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<v Speaker 1>the indulgence of which had so long rendered him a

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<v Speaker 1>scourge to society, he had quitted his haven of rest

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<v Speaker 1>and repentance, and had come back to the country where

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<v Speaker 1>he was proscribed. Being here presently denounced, he had for

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<v Speaker 1>a time succeeded in evading the officers of justice, but

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<v Speaker 1>being at length seized, while in the act of flight

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<v Speaker 1>he had resisted them, and had he best knew, whether

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<v Speaker 1>by express design or in the blindness of his hardihood,

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<v Speaker 1>caused the death of his denouncer, to whom his whole

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<v Speaker 1>career was known. The appointed punishment for his return to

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<v Speaker 1>the land that had cast him out being death, and

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<v Speaker 1>his case being this aggravated case, he must prepare himself

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<v Speaker 1>to die. The sun was striking in at the great

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<v Speaker 1>windows of the court, through the glittering drops of rain

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<v Speaker 1>upon the glass, and it made a broad shaft of

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<v Speaker 1>light between the two and thirty and the judge, linking

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<v Speaker 1>both together, and perhaps reminding some among the audience, how

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<v Speaker 1>both were passing on with absolute equality to the greater

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<v Speaker 1>judgment than no all things, and cannot err. Rising for

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<v Speaker 1>a moment a distinct speck of face in this way

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<v Speaker 1>of light, the prisoner said, my Lord, I have received

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<v Speaker 1>my sentence of death from the Almighty, But I bow

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<v Speaker 1>to yours and sat down again. There was some hushing,

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<v Speaker 1>and the judge went on with what he had to

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<v Speaker 1>say to the rest. Then they were all formally doomed,

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<v Speaker 1>and some of them were supported out, and some of

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<v Speaker 1>them sauntered out with a haggard look of bravery, and

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<v Speaker 1>a few nodded to the gallery, and two or three

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<v Speaker 1>shook hands, and others went out, chewing the fragments of

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<v Speaker 1>herb they had taken from the sweet herbs lying about.

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<v Speaker 1>He went last of all, because of having to be

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<v Speaker 1>helped from his chair, and to go very slowly, And

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<v Speaker 1>he held my hand while all the others were removed,

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<v Speaker 1>and while the audience got up, putting their dresses right

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<v Speaker 1>as they might at church or elsewhere, and pointed down

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<v Speaker 1>at this criminal or at that, and most of all

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<v Speaker 1>at him and me. I earnestly hoped and prayed that

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<v Speaker 1>he might die before the recorder's report was made. But

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<v Speaker 1>in the dread of his lingering on, I began that

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<v Speaker 1>night to write out a petition to the Home Secretary

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<v Speaker 1>of State, setting forth my knowledge of him, and how

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<v Speaker 1>it was that he had come back for my sake.

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<v Speaker 1>I wrote it as fervently and pathetically as I could,

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<v Speaker 1>And when I had finished it and sent it in,

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<v Speaker 1>I wrote out other petitions to such men in authority,

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<v Speaker 1>as I hoped, were the most merciful and drew up

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<v Speaker 1>one to the crown itself. For several days and nights

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<v Speaker 1>after he was sentenced, I took no rest except when

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<v Speaker 1>I fell asleep in my chair, and was wholly absorbed

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<v Speaker 1>in those appeals. And after I had sent them in,

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<v Speaker 1>I could not keep away from the places where they were,

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<v Speaker 1>but felt as if they were more hopeful and less

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<v Speaker 1>desperate when I was near them. In this unreasonable restlessness

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<v Speaker 1>and pain of mind, I would roam the streets of

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<v Speaker 1>an evening, wandering by those offices and houses where I

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<v Speaker 1>had left the petitions. To the present hour, the weary

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<v Speaker 1>western streets of London on a cold, dusty spring night,

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<v Speaker 1>with their ranges of stern, shut up mansions and their

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<v Speaker 1>long rows of lamps, are melancholy to me. From this association.

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<v Speaker 1>The daily visits I could make him were shortened now,

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<v Speaker 1>and he was more strictly kept, seeing or fancying that

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<v Speaker 1>I was suspected of an intention of carrying poison to him.

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<v Speaker 1>I asked to be searched before I sat down at

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<v Speaker 1>his bedside, and told the officer who was always there,

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<v Speaker 1>that I was willing to do anything that would assure

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<v Speaker 1>him of the singleness of my designs. Nobody was hard

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<v Speaker 1>with him or with me. There was duty to be done,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was done, but not harshly. The officer always

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<v Speaker 1>gave me the assurance that he was worse. And some

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<v Speaker 1>other sick prisoners in room, and some other prisoners who

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<v Speaker 1>attended on them as sick nurses, malefactors but not incapable

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<v Speaker 1>of kindness. God be thanked, always joined in the same report.

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<v Speaker 1>As the days went on, I noticed more and more

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<v Speaker 1>that he would lie placidly, looking at the white ceiling,

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<v Speaker 1>with an absence of light in his face, until some

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<v Speaker 1>word of mine brightened it for an instant, and then

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<v Speaker 1>it would subside again. Sometimes he was almost or quite

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<v Speaker 1>unable to speak, and then he would answer me with

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<v Speaker 1>slight pressures on my hand, and I grew to understand

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<v Speaker 1>his meaning very well. The number of the days had

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<v Speaker 1>risen to ten when I saw a greater change in

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<v Speaker 1>him than I had seen yet. His eyes were turned

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<v Speaker 1>towards the door and lighted up as I entered. Dear boy,

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<v Speaker 1>he said, as I sat down by his bed, I

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<v Speaker 1>thought you was late, but I knowed you couldn't be that.

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<v Speaker 1>It is just the time, said I. I waited for

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<v Speaker 1>it at the gate. You always wait, said the gate,

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<v Speaker 1>don't you, dear boy, Yes, not to lose a moment

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<v Speaker 1>of the time. Thank ye, dear boy, thankee, God bless you.

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<v Speaker 1>You've never deserted me, dear boy. I pressed his hand

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<v Speaker 1>in silence, for I could not forget that I had

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<v Speaker 1>once meant to desert him. And what's the best of all?

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<v Speaker 1>He said, You've been more comfortable alonger me since I

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<v Speaker 1>was under a dark cloud than when the sun shone.

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<v Speaker 1>That's best of all. He lay on his back, breathing

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<v Speaker 1>with great difficulty, do what he would, and love me

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<v Speaker 1>though he did, the light left his face ever and again,

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<v Speaker 1>and a film came over the placid. Look at the

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<v Speaker 1>white ceiling. Are you in much pain to day? I

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<v Speaker 1>don't complain of none, dear boy, You never do complain.

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<v Speaker 1>He had spoken his last words. He smiled, and I

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<v Speaker 1>understood his touch to me that he wished to lift

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<v Speaker 1>my hand and lay it on his breast. I laid

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<v Speaker 1>it there, and he smiled again, and put both his

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<v Speaker 1>hands upon it. The allotted time ran out while we

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<v Speaker 1>were thus, but looking round, I found the governor of

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<v Speaker 1>the prison standing near me, and he whispered, you needn't

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<v Speaker 1>go yet. I thanked him gratefully and asked, might I

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<v Speaker 1>speak to him if he could hear me. The governor

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<v Speaker 1>stepped aside and beckoned the officer away. The change, though

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<v Speaker 1>it was made without noise, drew back the film from

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<v Speaker 1>the placid look at the white ceiling, and he looked

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<v Speaker 1>most affectionately at me, dear magwitch, I must tell you now,

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<v Speaker 1>at last you understand what I say. A gentle pressure

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<v Speaker 1>on my hand. You had a child once whom you

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<v Speaker 1>loved and lost, a stronger pressure on my hand. She

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<v Speaker 1>lived and found powerful friends. She is living now. She

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<v Speaker 1>is a lady and very beautiful, and I love her

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<v Speaker 1>with a last faint effort which would have been powerless

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<v Speaker 1>but for my yielding to it and assisting it. He

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<v Speaker 1>raised my hand to his lips. Then he gently let

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<v Speaker 1>it sink upon his breast, again, with his own hands

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<v Speaker 1>lying on it. The placid look at the white ceiling

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<v Speaker 1>came back and passed away, and his head dropped quietly

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<v Speaker 1>on his breast. Mindful then of what we had read together,

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<v Speaker 1>I thought of the two men who went up into

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<v Speaker 1>the temple to pray, and I knew there were no

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<v Speaker 1>better words that I could say, beside his bed, than

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<v Speaker 1>oh Lord, be merciful to him a sinner. End of

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<v Speaker 1>chapter