“Raven asked her. You know the condemned can ask one person to see him go. Well, he asked her.”
Jay stared at him.
“Maybe he thought it would amuse her,” Hogarty said dryly.
Jay half looked over his shoulder. “They’re coming,” he said.
Down the corridor they could hear the steady tramp of feet. The door swung open and two guards came in.
Raven walked after them. The minister and the Warden came last.
Raven looked round the small room and walked to the chair. His face was the colour of a fish’s belly, but otherwise he seemed quite calm.
“That the guy?” he said, looking at Davies.
Davies came over to him and offered his hand. Raven looked at it, then shook hands.
“I’ll get it over quick, son,” Davies said in a low voice.