CHAPTER XXXII.
The Closing Scene.
Tyburn was now at hand.

Over the sea of heads arose a black and dismal object.

It was the gallows.

Jack, whose back was towards it, did not see it; but he heard, from the pitying exclamations of the crowd, that it was in view.

This circumstance produced no further alteration in his demeanour except that he endeavoured to abstract himself from the surrounding scene, and bend his attention to the prayers which the ordinary was reciting.
Just as he had succeeded in fixing his attention, it was again shaken, and he was almost unnerved by the sight of Mr.Wood, who was standing at the edge of a raised platform, anxiously waving his hand to him.
Jack instantly sprang to his feet, and as his guards construed the motion into an attempt to escape, several of them drew their swords and motioned to him to sit down.