Thesewordswere, sotospeak, thepointofunionoftwoscenes, whichhad, uptothattime, beendevelopedinparallellinesatthesamemoment, eachonitsparticulartheatre; one, thatwhichthereaderhasjustperused, intheRat-Hole; theother, whichheisabouttoread, ; thesecondhadforspectatorsallthepublicwhichwehaveseenabove, collectingonthePlacedeGrève, aroundthepilloryandthegibbet.
Thatcrowdwhichthefoursergeantspostedatnineo'clockinthemorningatthefourcornersofthepilloryhadinspiredwiththehopeofsomesortofanexecution, nodoubt, notahanging, butawhipping, acroppingofears, something, inshort,—thatcrowdhadincreasedsorapidlythatthefourpolicemen, toocloselybesieged, hadhadoccasionto "press" it, astheexpressionthenran, morethanonce, bysoundblowsoftheirwhips, andthehaunchesoftheirhorses.
Thispopulace, disciplinedtowaitingforpublicexecutions, , averysimplesortofmonument, , ofunhewnstone, whichwascalledbydistinction "theladder," ledtotheupperplatform, , onhisknees, , whichsetinmotionacapstanconcealedintheinteriorofthelittleedifice, impartedarotatorymotiontothewheel, whichalwaysmaintaineditshorizontalposition, "turning" acriminal.
Asthereaderperceives, thepilloryoftheGrèvewasfarfrompresentingalltherecreationsofthepilloryoftheHalles.Nothingarchitectural, , nooctagonallantern, nofrail, slendercolumnsspreadingoutontheedgeoftheroofintocapitalsofacanthusleavesandflowers, nowaterspoutsofchimerasandmonsters, oncarvedwoodwork, nofinesculpture, deeplysunkinthestone.
