The day wore on.

By ones and twos and threes at a time, the condemned prisoners came from the tribunal, and collected in the waiting-room.

At two o'clock all was ready for the calling over of the death-list.

It was read and verified by an officer of the court; and then the jailer took his prisoners back to St.Lazare.
Evening came.

The prisoners' meal had been served; the duplicate of the death-list had been read in public at the grate; the cell doors were all locked.