Word: scaffolds
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...slowly mounted the scaffold I looked down over the vast crowd beneath, if I might perhaps see one friendly face. But though I scanned all closely, I saw but an expression of eager, brutal expectation. All eyes were fixed on me, but in not one did I meet a glance of sympathy; their look was as that of a bloodthirsty beast gloating over its victim. I shuddered slightly, and turned my head away. Yet I felt strangely calm and composed. I looked at the headsman with a sort of curiosity and interest; he had not his mask...