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It was a case—I swear it—of whoever got first chance." "Bad as that!" exclaimed Baynes. "I knew him by sight. He wasn't pretty, I'll admit." "I knew him to nod to," Lawson mentioned. "I never heard anything particular against him." He shrugged his shoulders. IT WAS A CASE I SWEAR IT OF WHOEVER GOT FIRST CHANCE BAD AS THAT EXCLAIMED BAINES I KNEW HIM BY SIGHT HE WASN'T PRETTY I'LL ADMIT I KNEW HIM TO NOD TO WILSON MENTIONED I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING PARTICULARLY AGAINST HIM HE SHRUGGED HIS SHOULDERS
elf; I hated the man from the very first go off. A wave of repulsion swept over me as I followed him down the room a moment with my eyes, till he took his seat at a distant table and was out of sight. Ugh! He was a big, fat-faced man, with an eyeglass glued into one of his pale-blue cod-like eyes—out of condition, ugly as a toad, with a smug expression of intense self-satisfaction on his jowl that made me long to—— “I leave it to you to guess what I would have liked to do to him. But the instinctive loathing he inspired in me had another aspect, too. Jack had not introduced us during the momentary pause beside our table, but as I looked up I caught the fellow’s eye on mine—he was glaring at me instead of at Jack, to whom he was talking—with an expression of malignant dislike, as keen evidently as my own. That’s the other aspect I meant. He hated me as violently as I hated him. We were instinctive enemies, just as the rat and ferret are instinctive enemies. Each recognized a mortal foe.  SIMPLY COULDN'T HELP MYSELF I HATED THE MAN FROM THE VERY FIRST GO OFF A WAVE OF REPULSION SWEPT OVER ME AS I FOLLOWED HIM DOWN THE ROOM A MOMENT WITH MY EYES TILL HE TOOK HIS SEAT AT A DISTANT TABLE AND WAS OUT OF SIGHT AH HE WAS A BIG FAT FACED MAN WITH AN EYEGLASS GLUED INTO ONE OF HIS PALE BLUE COD LIKE EYES OUT OF CONDITION UGLY AS A TOAD WITH A SMUG EXPRESSION OF INTENSE SELF SATISFACTION ON HIS JOWL THAT MADE ME LONG TO I LEAVE IT TO YOU TO GUESS WHAT I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO DO TO HIM BUT THE INSTINCTIVE LOATHING HE INSPIRED IN ME HAD ANOTHER ASPECT TOO JACK HAD NOT INTRODUCED US DURING THE MOMENTARY PAUSE BESIDE OUR TABLE BUT AS I LOOKED UP I CAUGHT THE FELLOW'S EYE ON MINE HE WAS GLARING AT ME INSTEAD OF AT JACK TO WHOM HE WAS TALKING WITH AN EXPRESSION OF MALIGNANT DISLIKE AS KEEN EVIDENTLY AS MY OWN THAT'S THE OTHER ASPECT I MEANT HE HATED ME AS VIOLENTLY AS I HATED HIM WE WERE INSTINCTIVE ENEMIES JUST AS THE RAT AND FERRET ARE INSTINCTIVE ENEMIES EACH RECOGNIZED A MORTAL FOE
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