When the judge was alive he was very cruel.
he condemned many criminals to death.
that was the rope that the hangman used.
The hangman made a noose at the end of the rope.
the noose was put over the criminal's head.
then the criminal was hanged by the rope until he was dead.
the rope by the fire is the hangman's rope.
malcolm and the doctor talked about the judge's house for about an hour.
then malcolm walked back to the houes.