midday
Workmen dig , workmen hammer , soldiers laugh and sing ; in the morning , by the fountain , there is raised a gallows forty feet high , poisoning the water . '' The mender of roads looked _ through _ rather than _ at _ the low ceiling , and pointed as if he saw the gallows somewhere in the sky . `` All work is stopped , all assemble there , nobody leads the cows out , the cows are there with the rest . At midday , the roll of drums . Soldiers have marched into the prison in the night , and he is in the midst of many soldiers . He is bound as before , and in his mouth there is a gag -- tied so , with a tight string , making him look almost as if he laughed . '' He suggested it , by creasing his face with his two thumbs , from the corners of his mouth to his ears .