Barnavelt continues talking until the very end. As planned, the executioner lops off his head while he is in the middle of a prayer: "I come, I come: o gracious heaven: now: now: / Now I present—[head struck off]" (5.3.182-3).
Barnavelt continues speaking until the end, according to plan. The executioner chops off his head while he is in the middle of a prayer: 'I come, I come: o gracious heaven: now: now: / Now I present—[head struck off]' (5.3.182-3).