The miserable body which that frightful swarm of saws, wheels, and racks were about to clasp in their clutches, the being who was about to be manipulated by the harsh hands of executioners and pincers, was that gentle, white, fragile creature, a poor grain of millet which human justice was handing over to the terrible mills of torture to grind.
Le misérable corps auquel allait se cramponner cette effroyable fourmilière de scies, de roues et de chevalets, l’être qu’allaient manier ces âpres mains de bourreaux et de tenailles, c’était donc cette douce, blanche et fragile créature. Pauvre grain de mil que la justice humaine donnait à moudre aux épouvantables meules de la torture !