Chapter Twenty
Fantasy Execution – Part One
It came as a horrible shock!
On a Saturday, after some thirty-two years of my being imprisoned had passed, my Master entered the dungeon with Dungeon Mistress Babsi, and wordlessly, the two of them pulled me over to stand between the fixing bars and then chained me in place. Thomas drew a paper from his trousers pocket, and I stared at him in dull fear, for whenever he did this, I knew something terrible was to come, and this proved correct when he stood erectly before me.
“Jailer Barbara, please stand with me, for I have a very important announcement for the convict.”
She quickly moved to his side and assumed the position of ‘attention’. Thomas, until this time standing casually, suddenly snapped to attention himself then looked at me with
