Allowing
six lines for the introductory quatrain and its translation, lines 8€“13 of 's ""
encompass approximately this section of the story:
I felt
that my senses were leaving me. The sentencethe dread sentence of deathwas the last of distinct
accentuation which reached my ears. After that, the sound of the inquisitorial voices seemed
merged in one dreamy indeterminate hum. It conveyed to my soul the idea of revolutionperhaps
from its association in fancy with the burr of a mill-wheel. This only for a brief period, for
presently I heard no more.
From this passage, we can
deduce that the narrator is fully conscious at first. Since he feels his senses leaving, he was
aware of his mental state and surroundings initially. He hears his death sentence distinctly.
However, whether from mental distress at hearing the pronouncement or from some sort of physical
trauma or both, he fades into a state of semi-consciousness. He is not completely...
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