【正文】 里被帶了出來?！疤炷?，快點(diǎn)兒，法朗西斯，”他焦躁地說道。等這活兒干完，囚犯們才可以吃早飯。8. 真奇怪，在那一刻之前，我從來沒有意識到把一個活生生的、身體健康的人置于死地是怎么回事。9. 絞刑架豎立在一個小院子里。聲音很高，反復(fù)地喊著“羅摩！羅摩！羅摩！羅摩！”，不像焦急恐懼求救的祈禱或喊叫，倒是一聲接一聲，很有節(jié)奏感，像擊鐘的聲音。12. 監(jiān)獄長突然下了決心。14. 監(jiān)獄長伸出手杖，戳戳那光著膀子的棕色尸體，那尸體微微地晃動了一下。我們從放置絞刑架的院子里走出來，路過等死囚犯的牢房，來到監(jiān)獄的中心大院。長官，請抽支煙吧。20. “啊呀，長官，那些家伙不聽話起來就更加麻煩了！我記得，有個家伙我們帶他出來時，拼命地抓住牢房的鐵條。我們大家再次開始大笑。我們大家一起喝了杯酒，當(dāng)?shù)厝撕蜌W洲人，很和睦?！?1. 我發(fā)現(xiàn)自己在哈哈大笑，聲音很響。”17. 有幾個人哈哈大笑起來——笑什么，好像誰也不清楚。他們一長排一長排地蹲著，每個人手里拿著一個錫碗，兩名獄卒抬著飯桶來回打飯。他從絞刑架下面退出來，深深地吐了口氣。“絞了！”他近乎殘暴地大吼道。好像又過了幾分鐘。我們走進(jìn)去時，他奴顏婢膝地向我們躬身致意。那個人不是生命垂危，他活著，像我們一樣活著。各有兩名獄卒走在死囚左右兩邊，掮著長槍；另外兩名緊靠著他，死死地抓住他的手臂和肩膀，似推似扶著他。你還沒有準(zhǔn)備好嗎？”4. 法朗西斯是獄卒小隊長，一個胖胖的達(dá)羅毗荼人，身穿白色的斜紋布制服，還戴副金絲邊眼鏡，揮了揮黑色的手。六個高大的印度獄卒看著他，準(zhǔn)備送他上絞刑架。ve got a bottle of whiskey in the car. We could do with it.22. We went through the big double gates of the prison into the road. Pulling at his legs! exclaimed a Burmese magistrate suddenly, and burst into a loud chuckling. We all began laughing again. At that moment Francis39。s body. He was dangling with his toes pointing straight downward. Very slowly revolving, as dead as a stone.14. The superintendent reached out with his stick and poked the bare brown body。s sake hurry up, Francis, he said irritably. The man ought to have been dead by this time. Aren39。s over.6. We set out for the gallows. Two warders marched on either side of the prisoner, with their rifles at the slope。s all for this morning, thank God. 15. The warders unfixed bayonets and marched away. We walked out of the gallows yard, past the condemned cells with their waiting prisoners, into the big central yard of the prison. The convicts were already receiving their breakfast. They squatted in long rows, each man holding a tin pannikin, while two warders with buckets march round ladling out rice。每間牢房大約10英寸見方，里面只有一張木板床和一個盛飲水的罐兒。然而，囚犯毫無反抗地站著，雙臂耷拉地讓繩子捆著，似乎他并沒有注意將要發(fā)生的事情。絞刑手等著呢。他雙臂被捆著，走起路來雖不靈活，但穩(wěn)穩(wěn)的。他的雙眼將看見黃顏色的沙礫地面和灰顏色的墻壁，他的頭腦仍然會記憶、預(yù)見和思考——甚至?xí)伎寄莻€水坑。10. 我們在五碼開外的地方等著。監(jiān)獄長的腦袋低垂在胸前，慢慢地用手杖戳著地面，他也許正在數(shù)著喊叫的次數(shù)，允許讓死囚喊叫一個固定的次數(shù)——大概五十次，或者一百次。我們走到絞刑架四周查看死囚的尸體。“八點(diǎn)零八分。有一種想唱歌、想狂奔、想偷偷笑一笑的沖動。我就知道，有幾次醫(yī)生不得不到絞刑架下面，抓住囚犯的腿向下拉，才死的?！按蠹叶紒砗缺瓢?，”他和藹地說道，“我車上有一瓶威士忌，我們幾個