death-stool

Updated: May 23, 2025

And don't speak a word to me during the experiment." Two of the revolutionaries went to the upper floor, and opened a window in order to keep track of what went on in the court. All now showed their intense interest in the acts and gestures of Rouletabille. The reporter placed himself in the shed, between his death-stool and his hanging-rope. "Ready," said he; "I am going to begin"

Gaston Leroux - The Secret of the Night