Loxuru
Graf von Kreuzigung
1848 – Aftermath of the rebellion (10).
Temesvar, Kingdom of Hungary, August 1848.
“Well, Doctor!?”
Milena played back her memory! Feeling the terrible pain coming up again, she shouted, but the motion of the muscles of her chest to make her shout, created even more pain. She could only utter a growling. She got aware again where she was! The rack, the punishment…
“She is conscious again!”
Somewhere around stroke hundred fourteen, Milena had lost consciousness. There seemed to be a black out in her memory, from when Mari’s fourth round had begun, except for the lashes, which she even had felt during being passed out.
“Thank you, Doctor! Since they all are still alive, we shall continue!”
There was hardly anything human, around. Milena, through her suffering, was still conscious enough to perceive how Danica’s back was in ruin. There was no more skin. There was only red flesh, carved by innumerous welts. Blood trickled from many places. There was no more stopping in the growling of pain. This was just terrible.
Neither looked Danica’s face human any more. She looked as if she had aged twenty years since the beginning of the sentence.
Milena knew, she was looking exactly the same. Whatever the outcome would be, all four their bodies were damaged, for the rest of their life. If they would come out alive, it was questionable if they would still have any life, any strength and capability to do something valuable.
Milena was not the only one who had noticed.
“This is enough! Stop this!” she heard a man’s voice saying.
“Doctor! The court-martial’s verdict only specifies a minimum of hundred lashes! This sentence must be carried out unabridged!”
“But don’t you see!? They deserved a punishment, but this is barbaric! This is not a corporal punishment! This is torturing to death!? As a doctor, and as living in a country that deems itself civilized, I can no longer approve this!”
“Doctor! I urge you to stop giving comments, and continue with your duties! Otherwise, I will have to report to the prosecution of the court-martial that, one : you refused to follow orders from the court martial’s representative, an act which is, under martial law, considered as desertion, two : that you hence have obstructed the execution of a court’s verdict, and three : that you have taken up the defense of convicted rebels against His Majesty! It is up to you to decide, Doctor! Understood!? Then we shall now administer lashes hundred twenty one to hundred forty!”
Another round!
A new section of soldiers line up.
(to be continued)
Temesvar, Kingdom of Hungary, August 1848.
“Well, Doctor!?”
Milena played back her memory! Feeling the terrible pain coming up again, she shouted, but the motion of the muscles of her chest to make her shout, created even more pain. She could only utter a growling. She got aware again where she was! The rack, the punishment…
“She is conscious again!”
Somewhere around stroke hundred fourteen, Milena had lost consciousness. There seemed to be a black out in her memory, from when Mari’s fourth round had begun, except for the lashes, which she even had felt during being passed out.
“Thank you, Doctor! Since they all are still alive, we shall continue!”
There was hardly anything human, around. Milena, through her suffering, was still conscious enough to perceive how Danica’s back was in ruin. There was no more skin. There was only red flesh, carved by innumerous welts. Blood trickled from many places. There was no more stopping in the growling of pain. This was just terrible.
Neither looked Danica’s face human any more. She looked as if she had aged twenty years since the beginning of the sentence.
Milena knew, she was looking exactly the same. Whatever the outcome would be, all four their bodies were damaged, for the rest of their life. If they would come out alive, it was questionable if they would still have any life, any strength and capability to do something valuable.
Milena was not the only one who had noticed.
“This is enough! Stop this!” she heard a man’s voice saying.
“Doctor! The court-martial’s verdict only specifies a minimum of hundred lashes! This sentence must be carried out unabridged!”
“But don’t you see!? They deserved a punishment, but this is barbaric! This is not a corporal punishment! This is torturing to death!? As a doctor, and as living in a country that deems itself civilized, I can no longer approve this!”
“Doctor! I urge you to stop giving comments, and continue with your duties! Otherwise, I will have to report to the prosecution of the court-martial that, one : you refused to follow orders from the court martial’s representative, an act which is, under martial law, considered as desertion, two : that you hence have obstructed the execution of a court’s verdict, and three : that you have taken up the defense of convicted rebels against His Majesty! It is up to you to decide, Doctor! Understood!? Then we shall now administer lashes hundred twenty one to hundred forty!”
Another round!
A new section of soldiers line up.
(to be continued)