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In our time Chapter 17
In which the sombre mood of the early morning fills the narrow county jail as men await their final moments in their cells, each bearing the weight of their fate in quiet and varying ways. The ritual of the execution unfolds with a stark and unyielding simplicity, marked by the solemn presence of priests and the heavy mechanics of the gallows, as a man is left seated and bound before the final act commences.
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