Suddenly he stopped.
“Why don’t you do something?”
The Breton raised his head.
“Why don’t you do something?” repeated the Reverend Hook in shriller tones.
“Do what?” asked the Breton wearily.
“Do what? Stop it! Stop it!”
The Breton looked at him.
“The execution!”
“I have nothing to do with it,” replied the Breton.
“What?” screeched the Reverend Hook, jumping back and throwing up his hands. “You have nothing to do with it?”