Question

1.The scaffold is first only as tall as the top of a door sill. How tall is it by the time it has claimed two victims?

Answer 1

Answer:

It was an execution stand.

Explanation:

Based on the context of expression used in the Hangman poem such as "capping sill of the courthouse door" it portrays a court house scene.

Therefore, the scaffold changed in size when it fine to execute or hang the two persons (victims) sentence. This hanging would have warranted increasing the height of the scaffold.