She struggled bravely with her fate, mounting the scaffold in an elegant undress which heightened the effect of her delicate charms; and when one of the executioners pulled off a shawl which covered her bosom, her modesty was so shocked that she turned pale and burst into tears.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
Arriving at the scaffold with a cigar in his mouth, he calmly addressed the crowd, and smoked till the very moment when the fatal noose was tied.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot
When next she sees her lover, he is on the scaffold.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr