The woman stumbled over a rough patch of earth, nearly falling again under her heavy load.
Her wrists and upper arms were tied to a thick wooden beam, which she had been forced to carry from the whipping yard, out of the city gate and up a steep hill.
The soldier at the head of the procession ordered a halt, giving her a chance to finally look up to focus on something other than trying not to fall.
Several longer wooden beams were embedded permanently the ground atop the hill, men...
Defeated
Her wrists and upper arms were tied to a thick wooden beam, which she had been forced to carry from the whipping yard, out of the city gate and up a steep hill.
The soldier at the head of the procession ordered a halt, giving her a chance to finally look up to focus on something other than trying not to fall.
Several longer wooden beams were embedded permanently the ground atop the hill, men...
Defeated