As a traditionally
minded Anglo - Catholic, I must say that the Catholic Church's strange new position
on capital punishment is one major reason why I would find accepting Roman Catholicism, at best, a compromise with a defective faith.
In which our hero experiences Hope, the greatest gift * The bacon sandwich of regret * Somber reflections
on capital punishment from the hangman * Famous last words * Our hero dies * Angels, conversations about * Inadvisability of misplaced offers regarding broomsticks * An unexpected ride * A world free of honest men * A man
on the hop * There is always a choice They say that the prospect of being hanged in the morning concentrates a man's
mind wonderfully; unfortunately, what the
mind inevitably concentrates
on is that, in the morning, it will be in a body that is going to be hanged.