The plan and the result

[Johnyxxx]

Hello.

I am not sure if the bold text means "Publishing the plan would result in sending me to the gallows," or "Publishing the plan and the result would send me to the gallows." Can anybody help me?


"The first step," he groaned, rising to his feet; then his whole frame dilated. "The first step is the most difficult, yet the simplest. A providential delivery into my hands of that for which I have hungered for forty years. No withdrawal now! It is possible, because scientific; rational, but perilous. If I succeed--if? I shall succeed. I will succeed... And after success--what?...Yes, what? Publish the plan and the result? The gallows...So long as it shall exist...and I exist, the gallows. That much... But how account for its presence? Ah, that pinches hard! I must trust to the future."

The Monster-maker, W. C. Morrow, 1897.


Thank you.

 

[GoesStation]

Hello.

I am not sure if the bold text means "Publishing the plan would result in sending me to the gallows," :tick: or "Publishing the plan and the result would send me to the gallows." :cross: Can anybody help me?

See above. The sentence is not punctuated as I would do it.

 

[Tdol]

I'd go for the first too.