Item 07: Hector Brewer diary, 17 November-12 December 1918 - Page 70

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[Page 70]

Justice will not be denied him
Flight is impossible.
That bayonet is gleams bright chill and merciless. A bullet rending and crashing through human flesh  €“ horrible. That Limb of Justice is swift and possesses powerful hands. How powerful he, the accused, alone well knows.
No; he cannot escape and with this knowledge comes a deluge of Fear which floods his brain. Hate squelches and gurgles in the Deluge and is drowned and now the satellites of Fear, Mercy and Pity have come. But who will be Merciful and who will Pity? Only the Gods. A loneliness seizes him and

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