chapter one the angel in which our hero experiences hope , the greatest gift - the bacon sandwich of regret- sombre reflections on capital punishment from the hangman - famous last words - our hero dies - angels , conversations about - inadvisability of misplaced offers regarding broomsticks - an unexpected ride - a world free of honest men - a man on the hop - there is always a choice they say that the prospect of being hanged in the morning concentrates a man 's mind wonderfully ; unfortunately , what the mind inevitably concentrates on is that it is in a body that , in the morning , is going to be hanged .