With the four sharp points rammed deep into the flesh under the chin and into the
bone of the sternum, the fork prevented all movement of the head and allowed the victim
only to murmur, in a barely audible voice, abiuro (I recant,
engraved on one side of the fork). If instead he still refused, and if the Inquisition was
the Spanish one, he was held to be an impenitent heretic and, dressed in the
characteristic costume, was led to the stake, but with the consolation of the sacrament if
extreme unction; if instead it was the Papal Inquisition, he was hanged or burnt, without
the benefit of the pretty costume but still with that of proper Christian rites.
West WingCalliope's Private Chambers
Lower DungeonChildren of the Night, Demons