bad, how could it come about that he should be shot? But opinion in the city was averse; the majority of the people were dissatisfied, maintaining that execution by rifle was not so interesting to witness as decapitation; besides, what sort of ludicrous prisoner was this to have paraded for so long a time on the streets and not, in the end, sung any lines from a drama? They had followed him all in vain.
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