A LESSON BEFORE DYING Chapter 1 In the first chapter, a man named Jefferson is convicted of robbery and murder in the first degree. He was with two other guys, Brother and Bear. The two of them had already been drinking and went into a bar called The White Rabbit. There they had asked for some whine but the bartender, Mr. Grope, had noticed that they had already been drinking and refused to sell the liquor …showed first 75 words of 3971 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3971 total…Grant waited outside the jail for Paul, Jefferson?s prison guard, to show up and let him know how everything went at the execution. Paul showed up with Jefferson's diary and said that everything was over. He told Grant that Jefferson died with strength and dignity. Jefferson wanted to relay a message to Miss Emma that said "Tell Nannan I walked." Grant shared the news with his students and broke down in tears before them.