Chapter 11
Justine's trial and execution
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1 On a grey morning, Geneva streams toward the town hall where Justine's trial will begin
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2 In the witness stand, Elizabeth holds up the gilt miniature she hung round William's neck
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3 Victor can no longer bear the verdict he sees coming.
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4 The morning after the trial, the judges' vote lies spilled across the clerk's oak table.
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5 Justine kneels on the stone floor of the cell with her manacled hands pressed to her heart.
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6 Justine is chained and condemned, yet she is the one giving comfort.
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7 Justine stands small and upright in black mourning on the scaffold above a hostile crowd
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8 Victor stands alone as his family grieves over the graves of William and Justine
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