sentence.

And therewith followed the customary form of sentence, ending with
the solemn 'And may God Almighty have mercy on your soul!'

Full and open, and never quailing, had the dark eyes been fixed upon
the judge all the time; and at those last words, the head bent low,
and the lips moved for 'Amen.'

Then Tom, relieved to find instant occupation for his father, drew
his attention to Aubrey's state; and the boy between Tom and George
Rivers was, as best they could, carried through the narrow outlets,
and laid down in a room, opened to them by the sheriff, where his
father and Flora attended him, while Tom flew for remedies; and
Gertrude sobbed and wept as she had never done in her life.

It was some time before the swoon yielded, or Dr. May could leave his
son, and then he was bent on at once going to the prisoner; but he
was so shaken and tremulous, that Tom insisted on giving him his arm,
and held an umbrella over him in the driving rain.

'Father,' he said, as soon as they were in the street, 'I can swear
who did it.'

Dr. May just hindered himself from uttering the name, but Tom
answered as if it had been spoken.

'Yes. I saw the face of fiendish barbarity that once was over me,
when I was a miserable little school-boy! He did it; and he has the
receipt.'