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"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. 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
steners. “For a moment I was too surprised to do anything but cock that rifle. I waited, for what puzzled me was that, after all, Hazel had not seen me. It was only the feeling of his beastly proximity that had made me feel I was seen and watched by him. There was something else, too, that made me pause before—er—doing anything. Two other things, 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 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. Y RIFLE HAZEL GOOD LORD EXCLAIMED THE LISTENERS FOR A MOMENT I WAS TOO SURPRISED TO DO ANYTHING BUT COCK THAT RIFLE I WAITED FOR WHAT PUZZLED ME WAS THAT AFTER ALL HAZEL HAD NOT SEEN ME IT WAS ONLY THE FEELING OF HIS BEASTLY PROXIMITY THAT HAD MADE ME FEEL I WAS SEEN AND WATCHED BY HIM THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE TOO THAT MADE ME PAUSE BEFORE DOING ANYTHING TWO OTHER THINGS 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
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