midday
Max flinched -- he could not help it -- but he moved neither hand nor foot . This outburst seemed to calm the Prussian , for he dropped back into his chair and in a judicial manner , though with a very vindictive and unjudicial scowl upon his face , he passed judgment . `` The prisoner has pleaded guilty . You will take him to-morrow morning to Monsieur Durend 's works , and at midday you will shoot him there . '' `` In public , sir ? '' enquired the officer . `` Yes , as an example to all his late workmen .