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After the sentence was passed , when he was brought back to his dungeon , he addressed a last appeal to the Bishop , Jean de Malestroit , beseeching the Bishop to intercede for him with the fathers and mothers of the children Gilles had so ferociously violated and put to death , to be present when he suffered . `` The people whose hearts he had lacerated wept with pity . They now saw in this demoniac noble only a poor man who lamented his crimes and was about to confront the Divine Wrath . The day of execution , by nine o'clock they were marching through the city in processional . They chanted psalms in the streets and took vows in the churches to fast three days in order to help assure the repose of the Marshal 's soul . '' `` Pretty far , as you see , from American lynch law , '' said Des Hermies . `` Then , '' resumed Durtal , `` at eleven they went to the prison to get Gilles de Rais and accompanied him to the prairie of Las Biesse , where tall stakes stood , surmounted by gibbets .