Paul Hardwick: Hangman

Quotes 

• Gertrude : What time is the execution?

  Hangman : The same as usual - twelve o'clock, or as soon after as the London mail-coach gets in. We always wait for that, in case of a reprieve.

  Gertrude : Oh, a reprieve, I hope not!

  Hangman : Well, hee, hee! As a matter of business, so do I! But still, if ever a young fellow deserved to be let off, this one does; only just turned eighteen, and only present by chance when the rick was fired. Howsomever, there's not much risk of that, as they are obliged to make an example of him, there having been so much destruction of property that way lately.

  Gertrude : I mean,that I want to touch him for a charm, a cure of an affliction, by the advice of a man who has proved the virtue of the remedy.

  Hangman : Oh, yes, miss! Now I understand. I've had such people come in past years. But it didn't strike me that you looked of a sort to require blood-turning. What's the complaint? The wrong kind for this, I'll be bound.