There, onthegreathigh-backedcarvedoakchairsattheJudgeinhisrobesofscarletandermine, withhisbalefuleyesglaringvindictively, andasmileoftriumphontheresolute, cruelmouth, , , hecouldheartheroarandhowlofthetempest, andthroughit, sweptonthestorm, , andwithwide-open, horror-struckeyes, , sothesmileoftriumphontheJudge'sfaceintensified, andatthelaststrokeofmidnightheplacedtheblackcaponhishead.
SlowlyanddeliberatelytheJudgerosefromhischairandpickedupthepieceoftheropeofthealarmbellwhichlayonthefloor, drewitthroughhishandsasifheenjoyeditstouch, andthendeliberatelybegantoknotoneendofit, , pullinghardatittillhewassatisfiedandthenmakingarunningnooseofit, , keepinghiseyesonhimuntilhehadpassedhim, , 'seyes, whichhenevertookoffhim, andhehad, perforce, —stillkeepingbetweenhimandthedoor—, andsawtheropefallbesidehim, , everkeepinghisbalefuleyesfixedonhim, , theJudgeseemingneverdiscouragednordiscomposedatfailure, , whichhadreacheditsclimax, , -holesandinthechinksandcranniesofthewainscothesawtherats'eyes;andthisaspect, thatwaspurelyphysical, ;andmoreandmorewerepouringthroughthesmallcircularholeintheceilingwhenceitemerged, sothatwiththeirweightthebellwasbeginningtosway.
Hark!, butthebellwasonlybeginningtosway, anditwouldincrease.
AtthesoundtheJudge, whohadbeenkeepinghiseyesfixedonMalcolmson, lookedup, , , , insteadofthrowingit, hedrewclosetohisvictim, , '—, takingtherigidformofthestudentinhisarms, carriedhimoverandplacedhimstandingintheoakchair, andsteppingupbesidehim, , 'sneckhetiedittothehanging-bellrope, andthendescendingpulledawaythechair.
WhenthealarmbelloftheJudge', , , andpouredintothegreatdining-room, thedoctoratthehead.
Thereattheendoftheropeofthegreatalarmbellhungthebodyofthestudent, andonthefaceoftheJudgeinthepicturewasamalignantsmile.
