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"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. 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
e, and I lowered the rifle. It was exactly as though a voice said, ‘Don’t!’ I heard no voice, mind you; it was an emotion only, a feeling, a sudden inexplicable[83] change of mind—a warning, if you like. I didn’t fire, anyhow. “But now, as I crouched behind that rock, I remembered this curious little incident, and was glad I had not used up my last two cartridges. More than that I cannot tell you. Things of that kind are new to me. They’re difficult enough to tell, let alone to explain. But they were real. “I crouched there, wondering what on earth was happening to me, and, feeling a bit of a fool, if you want to know, when suddenly, over the top of the boulder, I saw something moving. It was a man’s hat. I peered cautiously. Some sixty yards away the bushes parted, and two men came out on to the river’s bank, and I knew them both. One was the Siwash I had seen at the store. The other was Hazel. Before I had time to think I cocked my rifle.” “Hazel. Good Lord!” exclaimed the listeners.  GOING TO PULL A TRIGGER A QUEER EMOTION TOUCHED ME AND I LOWERED THE RIFLE IT WAS EXACTLY AS THOUGH A VOICE SAID DON'T I HEARD NO VOICE MIND YOU IT WAS AN EMOTION ONLY A FEELING A SUDDEN INEXPLICABLE CHANGE OF MIND A WARNING IF YOU LIKE I DIDN'T FIRE ANYHOW BUT NOW AS I CROUCHED BEHIND THAT ROCK I REMEMBERED THIS CURIOUS LITTLE INCIDENT AND WAS GLAD I HAD NOT USED UP MY LAST TWO CARTRIDGES MORE THAN THAT I CANNOT TELL YOU THINGS OF THAT KIND ARE NEW TO ME THEY'RE DIFFICULT ENOUGH TO TELL LET ALONE TO EXPLAIN BUT THEY WERE REAL I CROUCHED THERE WONDERING WHAT ON EARTH WAS HAPPENING TO ME AND FEELING A BIT OF A FOOL IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHEN SUDDENLY OVER THE TOP OF THE BOULDER I SAW SOMETHING MOVING IT WAS A MAN'S HAT I PEERED CAUTIOUSLY SOME SIXTY YARDS AWAY THE BUSHES PARTED AND TWO MEN CAME OUT ON TO THE RIVER'S BANK AND I KNEW THEM BOTH ONE WAS A SIGH WASH I HAD SEEN AT THE STORE THE OTHER WAS HAZEL BEFORE I HAD TIME TO THINK I COCKED MY RIFLE HAZEL GOOD LORD EXCLAIMED THE LISTENERS
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