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Chapter 56

           Amongthewretchedcreaturesbeforehimwhomhemustsingleoutforspecialaddresswasonewhoalmostfromhisinfancyhadbeenanoffenderagainstthelaws;who,afterrepeatedimprisonmentsandpunishments,hadbeenatlengthsentencedtoexileforatermofyears;andwho,undercircumstancesofgreatviolenceanddaring,hadmadehisescapeandbeenre-sentencedtoexileforlife.Thatmiserablemanwouldseemforatimetohavebecomeconvincedofhiserrors,whenfarremovedfromthescenesofhisoldoffences,andtohavelivedapeaceableandhonestlife.Butinafatalmoment,yieldingtothosepropensitiesandpassions,theindulgenceofwhichhadsolongrenderedhimascourgetosociety,hehadquittedhishavenofrestandrepentance,andhadcomebacktothecountrywherehewasproscribed.Beingherepresentlydenounced,hehadforatimesucceededinevadingtheofficersofJustice,butbeingatlengthseizedwhileintheactofflight,hehadresistedthem,andhadhebestknewwhetherbyexpressdesign,orintheblindnessofhishardihoodcausedthedeathofhisdenouncer,towhomhiswholecareerwasknown.Theappointedpunishmentforhisreturntothelandthathadcasthimout,beingDeath,andhiscasebeingthisaggravatedcase,hemustpreparehimselftoDie.

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