Der elende Leib, welchen die fürchterliche Menge Sägen, Räder und Folterwerkzeuge zu umklammern sich anschickte, das Wesen, welches die gierigen Krallen der Henker und Zangen packen sollten, – es war ja doch jenes süße, reine und schwache Geschöpf, das arme Hirsenkorn, welches die menschliche Gerechtigkeit den gräßlichen Mühlsteinen der Folter zur Zermalmung überlieferte!
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.