"Turn him round again."
The body turned around once more, waved its hands slightly, and the leg made a circle on the sanded floor.
"Come now, take him down."
"Do you order him cut down, Vasíli Borisovitch?" demanded the overseer. "Bring an axe, friends!"
Twice the order had to be given to Dutlof and the guards to lift him up. But the "fine young man" handled Ilyitch as he would the carcass of a sheep. Finally they cut the rope, took down the body, and threw a cloth over it. The police inspector said that the doctor would come on the next day, and sent the people away.
[29] d'yadiushka, diminutive of d'yád'ya.
[30] ispravnik.
[31] Tulia Pastrana: a girl like a monkey, with hairy arms and face, exhibited all over Europe, some years ago.
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