“They can’t hang me twice.”

(i) Who says this?

(ii) Why does the speaker say it?

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Solution

(i) The speaker of the given line is the intruder.

(ii) Since he is already being hunted for having killed someone else, murdering Gerrard won't make any difference. Hence, he says that he cannot be hanged twice.

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