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Brockett liked every one to be there together for half an hour to encourage friendly relations. That object could scarcely be said to be achieved, because there was very little conversation and many anxious glances were flung at the clocks. Mrs. Brockett, however, sat sternly in a chair and sewed, and no one ventured to leave the room. One pleasant thing happened.
Presently a footfall sounded in the corridor, a key was fitted in the heavy lock, and the door was opened by Brockett, the sheriff's deputy, a round-faced, jolly, little man with a shiny bald head and a closely cropped gray mustache. "You've got visitors, John!" said Brockett cheerfully, pausing in the doorway. North turned on him swiftly.
"I'll be outside, and if you want anything, let me know." It was the death-watch, and poor Brockett was to keep it. North fell to pacing his narrow bounds. Without, the wind had risen and presently there came the patter of rain on the roof. Thick darkness again enveloped the jail yard; and the gallows his gallows was no longer visible.
Brockett is disturbed and Mrs. Lazarus is less chirpy than usual. Peter comes to dinner with a smile the book therefore has gone well and even Mrs. Monogue is a little less selfish than ordinary. The Signor now gazed round the little room as though he might find there the secret of so great an achievement.
North stirred and opened his eyes. "Is it light?" he asked. "Yes," said the deputy. The day began with the familiar things that make up the round of life, but North was conscious that he was thus occupying himself for the last time. Then he seated himself and began a letter he had told Brockett he wished to write. Once he paused. "I will have time for this?" he asked.
Brockett dealt with each of her company in turn one remark apiece, and always in that stern, deep voice with the strangely beautiful musical note in it. To himself she said: "Well, Mr. Westcott, I'm pleased, I'm sure, that everything is to your satisfaction," and listened gravely to his assurance.
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