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"Possibly," said Ericssen briefly. "My mind is not speculative. But I'm glad you spoke of fear. I left that out. POSSIBLY SAID ERICSSON BRIEFLY MY MIND IS NOT SPECULATIVE BUT I'M GLAD YOU SPOKE OF FEAR I LEFT THAT OUT
ty, I’ll admit.” “I knew him to nod to,” Lawson mentioned. “I never heard anything particular against him.” He shrugged his shoulders. Ericssen went on. “It was not his character or qualities I hated,” he said. “I didn’t even know them. That’s the whole point. There’s no reason you fellows should have disliked him. My hatred—our mutual hatred—was instinctive, as instinctive as first love. A man knows his natural mate; also he knows his natural enemy. I did, at any rate, both with him and with my wife. Given the chance, Hazel would have done me in; just as surely,[79] given the chance, I would have done him in. No blame to either of us, what’s more, in my opinion.” “I’ve felt dislike, but never hatred like that,” Baynes mentioned. “I came across it in a book once, though. The writer did not mention the instinctive fear of the human animal for its natural enemy, or anything of that sort. He thought it was a continuance of a bitter feud begun in an earlier existence. He called it memory.” 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 ERICSSON WENT ON IT WAS NOT HIS CHARACTER OR QUALITIES I HATED HE SAID I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEM THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT THERE'S NO REASON YOU FELLOWS SHOULD HAVE DISLIKED HIM MY HATRED OUR MUTUAL HATRED WAS INSTINCTIVE AS INSTINCTIVE AS FIRST LOVE A MAN KNOWS HIS NATURAL MATE ALSO HE KNOWS HIS NATURAL ENEMY I DID AT ANY RATE BOTH WITH HIM AND WITH MY WIFE GIVEN THE CHANCE HAZEL WOULD HAVE DONE ME IN JUST AS SURELY GIVEN THE CHANCE I WOULD HAVE DONE HIM IN NO BLAME TO EITHER OF US WHAT'S MORE IN MY OPINION I FELT DISLIKE BUT NEVER A HATREDED LIKE THAT BAINS MENTIONED I CAME ACROSS IT IN A BOOK ONCE THOUGH THE WRITER DID NOT MENTION THE INSTINCTIVE FEAR OF THE HUMAN ANIMAL FOR ITS NATURAL ENEMY OR ANYTHING OF THAT SORT HE THOUGHT IT WAS A CONTINUANCE OF A BITTER FEUD BEGUN IN AN EARLIER EXISTENCE HE CALLED IT MEMORY
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