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"Have you ever seen one ? A burning ?" His voice is quite with intensity. "They're horrible. The worst kind of death there is. There's no dignity in it, only torture and spectacle and"-He breaks off. "They have to be stopped. And we can't stop them by walking away".
Afficher en entier"Because I was ill. Because I was in prison for a week and no one came for me. Because I"-my voice catches, and I hate myself for it-"I was hoping that the first friend I ever had would be the last person I ever saw. That's all."
Afficher en entier"He's your father ?"
**** nods. I notice he's blushing a little, too.
"Naturally!" Peter booms, walking around the table and throwing himself into the chair opposite mine. "Where else do you think the boy got his good looks ?" He waves his hands in ****'s direction. "A specimen that fine can only come from the loins of a pirate !"
Afficher en entier"You!" I gasp. It's Peter. What on hearth is a pirate doing here ?
"Me." He laughs. He clasps my shoulders, then plants a loud smacking kiss on each of my cheeks. I can feel myself blushing. "Pleased to see me, love ?"
Afficher en entier"By the authority of King Malcolm of Anglia, I am commanded to arrest you for the crime of witchcraft"
Afficher en entier"Do you know what this is ?"
I shake my head.
"It's a Bill of Attainder."
(...)"It proclaims your sentence."
"My... sentence? The word sticks in my throat. "What sentence ?"
"The sentence I have given you, in punishment for your crime."
My crime. I suck in a breath.
"You are accused of witchcraft. You have admitted to practicing witchcraft. This is treason. The punishment for witchcraft, and for treason is death."
"Death ?" I repeat the word, I whisper it.
"Yes."
"Me ?"
"Yes."
"But ... I'm a witch hunter," I cry. "Your witch hunter ! You can't just send me to prison, to the pyre ... you can't just burn me alive in front of everyone ! You can't!"
Blackwell shrugs, careless. "I can, and I have. It's done. You will be taken to Fleet to await your execution at Tyburn, where you will be burned alive at the stake."
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