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"It was rat and ferret in the human kingdom," he went on, "but I wanted my rat to have a chance, I suppose. Anyhow, though I had a perfect shot in front of me at easy distance, I did not fire. Instead I got up, holding my cocked rifle ready, finger on trigger, and came out of my hiding place. IT WAS RAT AND FERRET IN THE HUMAN KINGDOM HE WENT ON BUT I WANTED MY RAT TO HAVE A CHANCE I SUPPOSE ANYHOW THOUGH I HAD A PERFECT SHOT IN FRONT OF ME AT EASY DISTANCE I DID NOT FIRE INSTEAD I GOT UP HOLDING MY COCKED RIFLE READY FINGER TRIGGER AND CAME OUT OF MY HIDING PLACE
 interested in watching the fellow’s actions. Obviously he had the same uneasy sensation that I had. He shared with me the nasty feeling that danger was about. His rifle, I saw, was cocked and ready; he kept looking behind him, over his shoulder, peering this way and that, and sometimes addressing a remark to the Siwash at his side. I caught the laughter of the latter. The Siwash evidently did not think there was danger anywhere. It was, of course, unlikely enough——” “And the other thing that stopped you?” urged Lawson, impatiently interrupting.[84] Ericssen turned with a look of grim humour on his face. “Some confounded or perverted sense of chivalry in me, I suppose,” he said, “that made it impossible to shoot him down in cold blood, or, rather, without letting him have a chance. For my blood, as a matter of fact, was far from cold at the moment. Perhaps, too, I wanted the added satisfaction of letting him know who fired the shot that was to end his vile existence.” He laughed again. GS IN FACT ONE WAS THAT I WAS SO INTENSELY INTERESTED IN WATCHING THE FELLOW'S ACTIONS OBVIOUSLY HE HAD THE SAME UNEASY SENSATION THAT I HAD HE SHARED WITH ME THE NASTY FEELING THAT DANGER WAS ABOUT HIS RIFLE I SAW WAS COCKED AND READY HE KEPT LOOKING BEHIND HIM OVER HIS SHOULDER PEERING THIS WAY AND THAT AND SOMETIMES ADDRESSING A REMARK TO THE SIDEWASH AT HIS SIDE I CAUGHT THE LAUGHTER OF THE LATTER THE SIGWASH EVIDENTLY DID NOT THINK THERE WAS DANGER ANYWHERE IT WAS OF COURSE UNLIKELY ENOUGH AND THE OTHER THING THAT STOPPED YOU URGED LAWSON IMPATIENTLY INTERRUPTING ERICSSON TURNED WITH A LOOK OF GRIM HUMOUR ON HIS FACE SOME CONFOUNDED OR PERVERTED SENSE OF CHIVALRY IN ME I SUPPOSE HE SAID THAT MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SHOOT HIM DOWN TO COLD BLOOD OR RATHER WITHOUT LETTING HIM HAVE A CHANCE FOR MY BLOOD AS A MATTER OF FACT WAS FAR FROM COLD AT THE MOMENT PERHAPS TOO I WANTED THE ADDED SATISFACTION OF LETTING HIM KNOW WHO FIRED THE SHOT THAT WAS TO END HIS VILE EXISTENCE HE LAUGHED AGAIN
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