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The peacefulness of the spot seemed only to intensify the loudness of our pistol shots  and I had scarcely fired my second barrel at the pentagram when I felt some one lay hold of my arm and noticed that my friend had also some one beside him who had interrupted his loading. THE PEACEFULNESS OF THE SPOT SEEMED ONLY TO INTENSIFY THE LOUDNESS OF OUR PISTOL SHOTS AND I HAD SCARCELY FIRED MY SECOND BARREL AT THE PENTIGRAM WHEN I FELT SOME ONE LAY HOLD OF MY ARM AND NOTICED THAT MY FRIEND HAD ALSO SOME ONE BESIDE HIM WHO HAD INTERRUPTED HIS LOADING
become sacred to us through the dreams and plans we had had in common, and to which we intended to withdraw, later in the evening,--nay, to which we should be obliged to withdraw, if we wished to close the day in accordance with the law we had imposed on ourselves. At one end of the little uneven plateau, and not very far away, there stood the mighty trunk of an oak-tree, prominently visible against a background quite bare of trees and consisting merely of low undulating hills in the distance. Working together, we had once carved a pentagram in the side of this tree-trunk. Years of exposure to rain and storm had slightly deepened the channels we had cut, and the figure seemed a welcome target for our pistol-practice. It was already late in the afternoon when we reached our improvised range, and our oak-stump cast a long and attenuated shadow across the barren heath. All was still: thanks to the lofty trees at our feet, we were unable to catch a glimpse of the valley of the Rhine below.  THIS WAS THE PLACE WHICH HAD BECOME SACRED TO US THROUGH THE DREAMS AND PLANS WE HAD IN COMMON AND TO WHICH WE INTENDED TO WITHDRAW LATER IN THE EVENING NAY TO WHICH WE SHOULD BE OBLIGED TO WITHDRAW IF WE WISHED TO CLOSE THE DAY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW WE HAD IMPOSED UPON OURSELVES AT ONE END OF THE LITTLE UNEVEN PLATEAU AND NOT VERY FAR AWAY THERE STOOD THE MIGHTY TRUNK OF AN OAK TREE PROMINENTLY VISIBLE AGAINST A BACKGROUND QUITE BARE OF TREES AND CONSISTING MERELY OF LOW UNDULATING HILLS IN THE DISTANCE WORKING TOGETHER WE HAD ONCE CARVED A PENTIGRAM IN THE SIDE OF THIS TREE TRUNK YEARS OF EXPOSURE TO RAIN AND STORM HAD SLIGHTLY DEEPENED THE CHANNELS WE'D CUT AND THE FIGURE SEEMED A WELCOME TARGET FOR A PISTOL PRACTICE IT WAS ALREADY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN WE REACHED OUR IMPROVISED RANGE AND OUR OAK STUMP CAST A LONG ATTENUATED SHADOW ACROSS THE BARREN HEATH ALL WAS STILL THANKS TO THE LOFTY TREES AT OUR FEET WE WERE UNABLE TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE VALLEY OF THE RHINE BELOW
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