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Murder? If you like. I should call it self defence. Anyhow, the fellow polluted the room for me. He spoilt the enjoyment of that dinner we had ordered months before in China." "But you saw him again, of course, later?" "Lots of times. Not that night, because we went on to a theatre. But in the club we were always running across one another—in the houses of friends at lunch or dinner; at race meetings; all over the place; in fact, I even had some trouble to avoid being introduced to him. MURDER IF YOU LIKE I SHOULD CALL IT SELF DEFENCE ANYHOW THE FELLOW POLLUTED THE ROOM FOR ME HE SPOILT THE ENJOYMENT OF THAT DINNER WE HAD ORDERED MONTHS BEFORE IN CHINA BUT YOU SAW HIM AGAIN OF COURSE LATER LOTS OF TIMES NOT THAT NIGHT BECAUSE WE WENT ON TO A THEATRE BUT IN THE CLUB WE WERE ALWAYS RUNNING ACROSS ONE ANOTHER IN HOUSES OF FRIENDS AT LUNCH OR DINNER AT RACE MEETINGS ALL OVER THE PLACE IN FACT I EVEN HAD SOME TROUBLE TO AVOID BEING INTRODUCED TO HIM
d—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.” “Possibly,” said Ericssen briefly. “My mind is not speculative. But I’m glad you spoke of fear. I left that out. The truth is, I feared the fellow, too, in a way; and had we ever met face to face in some wild country without witnesses I should have felt justified in drawing on him at sight, and he would have felt the same. N 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 POSSIBLY SAID ERICSSON BRIEFLY MY MIND IS NOT SPECULATIVE BUT I'M GLAD YOU SPOKE OF FEAR I LEFT THAT OUT THE TRUTH IS I FEARED THE FELLOW TOO IN A WAY AND HAD WE EVER MET FACE TO FACE IN SOME WILD COUNTRY WITHOUT WITNESSES I SHOULD HAVE FELT JUSTIFIED IN DRAWING ON HIM AT SIGHT AND HE WOULD HAVE FELT THE SAME
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