TEN GLOSSES
7 The Lesson
According to Hammond, who heard it on a spree
From a man who had known the priest who was chaplain on duty
The morning the last man was hanged in Crumlin Road Jail,
What the man said as he shook hands and went to the hangman
Was, `Father, this is going to be a lesson to me.´
(Trad. de Dámaso López García: "La lección/Según Hammond, que lo oyó en una juerga/a un hombre que lo había oído al capellán de servicio/la madrugada en que colgaron al último en la cárcel de Crumlin Road,/lo que le dijo al darle la mano para acercarse al verdugo/fue: "Padre, esto me servirá de lección".)
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Tuesday, 5 February 2008
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