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The veneer of civilisation peeled, fell from her like snow from a shaken garment. The primal beast woke and flicked aside the centuries' work. She was the Cave woman who had seen the death of her mate  the brute who had been robbed of her mate. "Damn you! THE VENEER OF CIVILIZATION PEALED FELL FROM HER LIKE SNOW FROM A SHAKEN GARMENT THE PRIMAL BEAST WOKE AND FLICKED ASIDE THE CENTURY'S WORK SHE WAS THE CAVE WOMAN WHO HAD SEEN THE DEATH OF HER MATE THE BRUTE WHO HAD BEEN ROBBED OF HER MATE DAMN YOU
 the look upon Billy's face as he ran through the gardens, for Billy was furiously moved. Cock-eye Flinks glanced back at the wall behind him. Ten feet high, and the fellow ain't far off. Cock-eye Flinks caught up his staff, and as Billy closed upon him, struck him full on the head. Again and again he struck him. It was a sickening business. Billy had stopped short. For an instant he stood swaying on his feet, a puzzled face showing under the trickling blood. Then he flung out his hands a little, and they flapped loosely at the wrists, like wet clothes hung in the wind to dry, and Billy seemed to crumple up suddenly, and slid down upon the grass in an untidy heap. "Ah-h-h!" said Mr. Flinks. He drew back and stared stupidly at that sprawling flesh which just now had been a man, and was seized with uncontrollable shuddering. "Ah-h-h!" said Mr. Flinks, very quietly. And Margaret went mad. The earth and the sky dissolved in many floating specks and then went red--red like that heap yonder. NK THAT MISTER FLINKS PARTICULARLY RELISHED A LOOK UPON BILLY'S FACE AS HE RAN THROUGH THE GARDENS FOR BILLY WAS FURIOUSLY MOVED COCKEYE FLINKS GLANCED BACK AT THE WALL BEHIND HIM TEN FEET HIGH AND THE FELLOW AIN'T FAR OFF COCKEYE FLINKS CAUGHT UP HIS STAFF AND AS BILLY CLOSED UPON HIM STRUCK HIM FULL ON THE HEAD AGAIN AND AGAIN HE STRUCK HIM IT WAS A SICKENING BUSINESS BILLY HAD STOPPED SHORT FOR AN INSTANT HE STOOD SWAYING ON HIS FEET A PUZZLED FACE SHOWING UNDER THE TRICKLING BLOOD THEN HE FLUNG OUT HIS HANDS A LITTLE AND THEY FLAPPED LOOSELY AT THE WRISTS LIKE WET CLOTHES HUNG IN THE WIND TO DRY AND BILLY SEEMED TO CRUMPLE UP SUDDENLY AND SLID DOWN UPON THE GRASS IN AN UNTIDY HEAP AH SAID MISTER FLINKS HE DREW BACK AND STARED STUPIDLY AT THAT SPRAWLING FLESH WHICH JUST NOW HAD BEEN A MAN AND WAS SEIZED WITH UNCONTROLLABLE SHUDDERING AH SAID MISTER FLINX VERY QUIETLY AND MARGARET WENT MAD THE EARTH AND SKY DISSOLVED IN MANY FLOATING SPECKS AND THEN WENT RED RED LIKE THAT HEAP YONDER
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