And in the morning, see, a high gallows built; close in upon the Domain-Kammer, looking into the very windows of it;--and there, sure enough, the unfortunate Schlubhut dies the thief's death, few hours hence, speaking or thinking what, no man reports to me.

Death was certain for him; inevitable as fate.

And so he vibrates there, admonitory to the other Raths for days,--some say for weeks,--till by humble petition they got the gallows removed.

The stumps of it, sawed close by the stones, were long after visible in that Schlossplatz of Konigsberg.

Here is prompt justice with a witness! Did readers ever hear of such a thing?
There is no doubt about the fact, [Benekendorf (Anonymous), _Karakterzuge aus dem Leben Konig Friedrich Wilhelm I._ (Berlin, 1788), vii.