[Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson]@TWC D-Link bookWeir of Hermiston CHAPTER III--IN THE MATTER OF THE HANGING OF DUNCAN JOPP 23/32
I was present while Jopp was tried.
It was a hideous business.
Father, it was a hideous thing! Grant he was vile, why should you hunt him with a vileness equal to his own? It was done with glee--that is the word--you did it with glee; and I looked on, God help me! with horror." "You're a young gentleman that doesna approve of Caapital Punishment," said Hermiston.
"Weel, I'm an auld man that does.
I was glad to get Jopp haangit, and what for would I pretend I wasna? You're all for honesty, it seems; you couldn't even steik your mouth on the public street.
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