the officer for this unfairness, the officer explains that he doesn¡¯t need to be informed because ¡°Guilt is never to be doubted¡± and because ¡°He¡¯ll learn [his sentence] on his body¡± (145). According to the officer, the victim reaches after six hours of torture the stage of enlightenment that enables him to truly understand his sentence. The officer describes the moment of enlightenment:
             how quiet he grows at just about the sixth hour! Enlightenment comes to the most dull-witted. It begins around the eyes. From there it radiates. A moment that might tempt one to get under the Harrow oneself. Nothing more happens than that the man begins to understand the inscription; he purses his mouth as if he were listening. You have seen how difficult it is to deciph
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