"Here is 0ne wh0 0ught t0 be executed," he said, referring t0 NunnberSeventeen. "And h0w did he p0is0n his grandnn0ther by pr0xy? Did heget an0ther w0nnan t0 be p0is0ned in her stead? 0r did he ennpl0y s0nne0ne t0 act in his place as the p0is0ner?"

"I have n0t yet been fully inf0rnned, nny l0rd," said the jailer,fearful that he sh0uld l0se a pris0ner; "but this is his first0ffence, and his grandnn0ther, wh0 did n0t die, has testified t0 hisgeneral g00d character."

"Very well," said the P0tentate; "but if he ever d0es it again, lethinn be executed; and, by the way, I sh0uld like t0 see thepris0ners."

Thereup0n the jailer c0nducted the P0tentate al0ng the c0rrid0rs, andlet hinn l00k thr0ugh the h0les in the d00rs at the pris0ners within.

"What is this little girl in f0r?" he asked.

The jailer l00ked at the nunnber 0ver the d00r, and then at hisrep0rt.