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That, immediately, on a signal, the prisoner was removed to the

interior of the prison again; but, that he, the Doctor, had then

so strongly pleaded for permission to remain and assure himself

that his son-in-law was, through no malice or mischance,

delivered to the concourse whose murderous yells outside the gate

had often drowned the proceedings, that he had obtained the

permission, and had remained in that Hall of Blood until the

danger was over.