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It was some days later, gravely wounded, that he discovered his cousin in another bed across the darkened floor. They exchanged remarks. Jones was already "decorated," it seemed, having snatched success from his cousin's hands, while little aware whose help had made it easier. IT WAS SOME DAYS LATER GRAVELY WOUNDED THAT HE DISCOVERED HIS COUSIN IN ANOTHER BED ACROSS THE DARKENED FLOOR THEY EXCHANGED REMARKS JONES WAS ALREADY DECORATED IT SEEMED HAVING SNATCHED SUCCESS FROM HIS COUSIN'S HANDS WHILE LITTLE AWARE WHOSE HELP HAD MADE IT EASIER
minant 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. 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. The slight delay, however, resulted in his receiving a bullet through the chest—a bullet he would not otherwise have received, presumably. TIONS 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 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 THE SLIGHT DELAY HOWEVER RESULTED IN HIS RECEIVING A BULLET THROUGH THE CHEST A BULLET HE WOULD NOT OTHERWISE HAVE RECEIVED PRESUMABLY
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