A Lesson Before Dying

Day 28 Chapter 30


Chapter 30


On the day before the execution for Jefferson, everybody seen an truck that terrified them, so they stayed at there courthouse just to see who it was and why they were at the courthouse and what did they have in the back of the truck. Tante Lou didn't go home that night, she went to Miss Emma's house, Reverend Ambrose went to her house and left midnight because he had to wake up early because he was one of the witnesses for Jefferson. Reverend Ambrose could.t go to sleep even when he tried too, he prayed before he ate his food that his wife made for him, he then picks the bible verse that he will be saying at Jefferson's execution day. Grant was at the bar with Vivian. she didn't drink all the liquor that she ad, she told Grant that she will be going to church and she git the kids praying for Jefferson while they are at school. Grant left the Rainbow club but he didn't want to go home so he went to another bar, he then bought more liquor, thinking that it would make him go to sleep, but he couldn't because he couldn't get the execution out of his mind. The sheriff was eating breakfast talking to his wife, he was telling her that he wish that this wasn't happening but he have to do what he have to do. He was happy that Mr. Grope family let him t decide what to do and that he was nervous because this was his first time doing an execution. As the truck passed by people shops, they seen two men getting out the truck and they removed the trampoline cover, and they seen the chair for Jefferson's execution. The sheriff and the other men turned on the wireds to see if they worked perfectly. Everyone could hear them turning on the wires, they said that they wished that it was happening somewhere else. The sheriff was talking to the executioner and he was told that he had to shave Jefferson everywhere because it they aren't trying to torture him. Paul and Claude went to Murphy's cell block because the sheriff told them that Murphy had to do it, when they made it to Jefferson's cell block, they could see that he wasn't sleeping by the redness in his eyes. The deputies asked him if he was alright, he aid had respond and told them that he is good, that's when they told him that he had to be shaved. which he obeyed them because he knew that it had to happened, when Murphy was finished, Jefferson said that he could have the radio, Paul said that he couldn't take that, so Jefferson asked if he could take the marbles and he said yes. When Paul was leaving, Jefferson asked if he would be there at the execution and Paul told him yes.