I said I had been to see the miserable creature hanged, and my gorge rose at it." "Did ye, though ?" said Hermiston.

"And I suppose ye knew who haangit him ?" "I was present at the trial, I ought to tell you that, I ought to explain.

I ask your pardon beforehand for any expression that may seem undutiful.

The position in which I stand is wretched," said the unhappy hero, now fairly face to face with the business he had chosen.

"I have been reading some of your cases.