Rosemary was convicted of treason and sentenced to death by hanging.

Before her execution, I went to see her in the prison.

She had been tortured. Her eyes were gouged out, her tongue cut in half, and her hands burned with hot metal. She was in a state where she could neither live nor die.

Upon hearing my voice, all she could manage was a weak, desperate scream.

I looked at her expressionlessly and spoke in a voice only the two of us could ...