049: malefactor

I won't trouble you with the petty details of my circumstance; there will undoubtedly be plenty of opportunities for such exposition hours from now, when I am to be brought before the court. What I have to say now, at this very moment of desperation, is a matter of the most import.

Now, you may think me desperate enough as to force a confession from the innermost depths of my bowels, but alas, you are mistaken! There is but one cause for this dire need to speak, for I am prepared for my end...

But who will feed my dog?