The Last Day of a Condemned Man by Victor Hugo--Delphi Classics (Illustrated) by Victor Hugo

Author:Victor Hugo [HUGO, VICTOR]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Parts Edition 3 of 25 by Delphi Classics
Publisher: Delphi Classics (Parts Edition)
Published: 2017-08-12T00:00:00+00:00

SEVENTEENTH PAPER

Whilst I was writing, my lamp faded, daylight appeared, and the clock of the chapel struck six.

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What can be the meaning of what has since happened? The turnkey on duty came into my cell; he took off his cap, bowed to me, apologized for disturbing me, and making an effort to soften his rough voice, inquired what I wished to have for my breakfast —

A shudder has come over me. Is it to take place to-day?

EIGHTEENTH PAPER

I feel that it is for to-day!

The Governor of the prison himself came to visit me. He asked me how he could serve or accommodate me; he expressed a hope that I had no complaint to make respecting him or his subordinates; and he inquired with interest regarding my health, and how I had passed the night. On leaving me, he called me “Sir!”

Oh, it surely is for to-day!

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