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That he missed the deadly detonators in making the catch, or that the fuse delayed, he called good luck. He only remembers that he flung the gruesome weapon back whence it had come, and that its explosion in the opposite trench materially helped his cousin to find glory in the place of death. THAT HE MISSED THE DEADLY DETONATORS IN MAKING THE CATCH OR THAT THE FUSE DELAYED HE CALLED GOOD LUCK HE ONLY REMEMBERS THAT HE FLUNG THE GRUESOME WEAPON BACK WHENCE IT HAD COME AND THAT ITS EXPLOSION IN THE OPPOSITE TRENCH MATERIAL HELPED HIS COUSIN TO FIND GLORY IN THE PLACE OF DEATH
perhaps a quarter of a second—then he acted. He caught it. It was the obvious thing to do. He flung it back into the opposing trench. The rapidity of thought is hard to realise. In that second and a half Smith was aware of many things: He saved his cousin’s life unquestionably; unquestionably also Jones seized the opportunity that otherwise was his cousin’s. But it was neither of these reflections that filled Smith’s mind. The dominant impression was another. It flashed into actual words inside his excited brain:[149] “I must risk it. I owe it to him—and more besides!” He was, further, aware of another impulse than the obvious one. In the first fraction of a second it was overwhelmingly established. And it was this: that the entire episode was familiar to him. A subtle familiarity was present. All this had happened before. He had already—somewhere, somehow—seen death descending upon his cousin from the air. Yet with a difference. The “difference” escaped him; the familiarity was vivid.  AND A HALF HE JUDGED HE HESITATED PERHAPS A QUARTER OF A SECOND THEN HE ACTED HE CAUGHT IT IT WAS THE OBVIOUS THING TO DO HE FLUNG IT BACK INTO THE OPPOSING TRENCH THE RAPIDITY OF THOUGHT IS HARD TO REALIZE IN THAT SECOND AND A HALF SMITH WAS AWARE OF MANY THINGS HE SAVED HIS COUSIN'S LIFE UNQUESTIONABLY UNQUESTIONABLY ALSO JONES SEIZED THE OPPORTUNITY THAT OTHERWISE WAS HIS COUSIN'S BUT IT WAS NEITHER OF THESE REFLECTIONS THAT FILLED SMITH'S MIND THE DOMINANT IMPRESSION WAS ANOTHER IT FLASHED INTO ACTUAL WORDS INSIDE HIS EXCITED BRAIN I MUST RISK IT I OWE IT TO HIM AND MORE BESIDES HE WAS FURTHER AWARE OF ANOTHER IMPULSE THAN THE OBVIOUS ONE IN THE FIRST FRACTION OF A SECOND IT WAS OVERWHELMINGLY ESTABLISHED AND IT WAS THIS THAT THE ENTIRE EPISODE WAS FAMILIAR TO HIM A SUBTLE FAMILIARITY WAS PRESENT ALL THIS HAD HAPPENED BEFORE HE HAD ALREADY SOMEWHERE SOMEHOW SEEN DEATH DESCENDING UPON HIS COUSIN FROM THE AIR YET WITH A DIFFERENCE THE DIFFERENCE ESCAPED HIM THE FAMILIARITY WAS VIVID
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