headsman

"May the next time we see him be when he meets the headsman."

But the headsman first waited until he saw Peace's hand move a little.

The headsman heard the squeak of the bed and knew.

The headsman out of the way, the sentence could not be executed.

The headsman had the status of a Royal government employee.

The headsman enters, and all is ready for the execution.

"I sent my men to fetch the headsman," he said.

"Fleeing from the headsman is certainly best done in haste."

"Oh, yes, he volunteered the way people do to the headsman.

I doubt we'd have been lucky enough to face the headsman instead."

The possibility of an encounter with the headsman would set them spinning if anything did.

The headsman instead took him into the woods and left him there.

If the Hall chose to act, he might well go to the headsman for treason.

Words said in tones hard enough for a headsman.

"Still and all, it's that or meet the headsman, I'm thinking.

"I mean that at this hour the headsman has been got out of the way by force or persuasion.

The Headsman wears a power pack which enhances his strength.

I told him, he should use a headsman.

What he told me has earned him a visit by the headsman- Oh, Lord!

Then she called the headsman to take the old lady back to Slaves' Hall.

I am not certain a headsman could find an axe sharp enough for your neck."

Each time, the Masked Headsman was gone an instant later.

Will Slaughter had been employed formerly as a headsman.

"But my father felt that such a fine blade was wasted on a mere headsman.

The headsman, on the other hand, had scarcely anything to do to earn his hundred guilders.