Chapter 64

           "SoonthesoulofMauriceGeraldmustgobacktoitsGod!"

           Itwasthethoughtofeveryactorinthattragedyamongthetrees.Noonedoubtedthat,inanothermoment,theywouldseehisbodyhoistedintotheair,andswingingfromthebranchofthesycamore.

           Therewasaninterlude,notprovidedforintheprogramme.Afarcewasbeingperformedsimultaneously;and,itmightbesaid,onthesamestage.Foroncethetragedywasmoreattractive,andthecomedywasprogressingwithoutspectators.

           Notthelessearnestweretheactorsinit.Therewereonlytwoamanandamare.Phelimwasoncemorere-enactingthescenesthathadcausedsurprisetoIsidora.

           EngrossedbytheargumentsofCalhounbythepurposesofvengeancewhichhisstorywasproducingtheRegulatorsonlyturnedtheirattentiontothechiefcriminal.Noonethoughtofhiscompanionwhetherhewas,orwasnot,anaccomplice.Hispresencewasscarceperceivedalleyesbeingdirectedwithangryintentupontheother.

           Stilllesswasitnoticed,whentheruffianssprangforward,andcommencedadjustingtherope.TheGalwegianwasthenaltogetherneglected.

           Thereappearedanopportunityofescape,andPhelimwasnotslowtotakeadvantageofit.

           Wrigglinghimselfclearofhisfastenings,hecrawledoffamongthelegsofthesurgingcrowd.

           Nooneseemedtosee,orcareabout,hismovements.Madwithexcitement,theywerepressinguponeachothertheeyesofallturnedupwardtothegallowstree.

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