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 I could not stand the horrible sight, and hastened to my apartments, determining to leave a place immediately, in which my peace of mind had been so much disturbed.

But being informed that the Captain of the gang would be examined the following day, curiosity got so far the better of my impatience to leave as soon as possible a town where every object recalled to my mind the hapless fate of my preserver, that I resolved to stay one day longer, and very glad I am that I took that resolution: The account this man gave of himself being so singular and remarkable, that I was amply repaid for the melancholy and grief which haunted me with unabating fury, whilst I tarried within the walls of the town where my benefactor had been executed.

"The trial began at six o'clock in the morning, and I took care to be in the town house, before the terrible leader of the rob-