By the second act, which is devoted to the consequences of the couple's crime, the play is wearing thin.
Make small the consequences of your crime.
That English lad was indeed going to have to face the consequences of his crime.
"Leland" unfolds in a now-familiar back-and-forth, chronologically fractured fashion, noting the consequences of Leland's crime and wondering about its causes.
What was worse, he could never escape from the consequences of his intended crime.
Burgess had evidently feared the consequences of his crime; at the same time, he had been careful to shield his actual associate.
But he was not to escape the consequences of his crime.
Jimmy does indeed escape the consequences of his crime - a rare occurrence in the film.
Achym fled abroad to avoid the consequences of his crime.
However, I knew that I must still face the consequences of my crime.