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Job #2 Thinking Question
Chapter I "The preparations being complete, the two private soldiers stepped aside and each drew away the plank upon which he had been standing. The sergeant turned to the captain, saluted and placed himself immediately behind that officer, who in turn moved apart one pace. These movements left the condemned man and the sergeant standing on the two ends of the same plank, which spanned three of the cross-ties of the bridge. The end upon which the civilian stood almost, but not quite, reached a fourth. This plank had been held in place by the weight of the captain; it was now held by that of the sergeant. At a signal from the former the latter would step aside, the plank would tilt and the condemned man go down between two ties. " Here I find it really interesting as to why the captain was not the one to step off the plank therefore killing Fahrquhar. I wonder if he was just too dignified or proud or he just didn't want to kill a Rebel soldier because it was a s...
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