nhebrakethechaselaythrough
thebrakeforperhapsaquarterofale,andthenplungedintoadensethients
exceedingly,thoughthroughitinacrowd
together,frondsflickingintoourfaces,ropycreeperscatchingusunderthechinorgrippingourankles,thoyplantshookingintoandtearingclothandfleshtogetherhehasgoneonallfoursthroughthis,panted
reau,noetheislandofdooreau
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noneescape,saidthey
facehtheexultationofhuntingoutagain
angrocks,andsahequarryaheadrunninglightlyonallfoursandsnarlingatusoverhisshoulderatthatthethethingill
edhun;but
thebshefurtive
droopofitsshoulderinctlythatofahunted
anilitleaptoversothoyyellowflowering
bushes,andlinghe
space
stofusnothefirstspeedofthechase,
andhadfallenintoalongerandsteadierstrideisawaswetraversedtheopenthatthepursuitwasnowspreadingfroluintoalinethehyenasillranclose
to,easitran,everynohen
puckeringitszzlehasnarlinglaughattheedgeoftheroan,realisingthatheaking
fortheprojectingcapeuponeon
thenightofarrival,haddoubledintheundergrowth;butntgoryhadseenthenoeuvre,andtued
higainso,panting,tulingagainstrocks,tobybrales,iededbyfesandreeds,ihelpedtopursuetheleopardnoreau
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hyenasysidei
staggeredon,headreelingandheartbeating
againstribs,tiredalsttodeath,andyetnotdaringtolosesightofthechaselestishouldbeleftalonehthishorriblepanionistaggeredoninspiteofinfinitefatigueandthedenseheatofthetropicalafteoonatlastthefuryofthehuntslackenedwehadpinnedtheoreau,
arshalledusallintoanirregularline,and
ingtooneanotheraswe
advanhe
lurkednoiselessandinvisibleinthebushesthroughhihadrunfroiuringthatdnightpursuit
steadycriedreau,steadyastheendsofthelineedthe
brutein
ethevoiontgoryfrobr >
beyondthethicket
ieryand
reaubeatalongthebeachbeneathslowlywepushedinangthefrettedhe
quarryoreau
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backtothehouseofpain,thehouseofpain,thehouseofpainyelpedthevoian,so
tyyardstotheright
hat,iforgavethepoorchallthe
fearhehadinspirediniheardthethe
boughssheheavytreadofthehorse
rhinoyrightthensuddenlythrougha
polygonofgreen,inthehalfdarknessundertheluxuriantgrohecreatureingihaltedhe
allestpossiblepass,
hislunousgreeneyestuedoverhisshoulderregardingityseestrangentradie,icannot
explainthefact,butnohecreaturethereina
perfectlyanilattitude,inginits
eyesanditsierfectlyhunfacedistortedhterror,irealisedagainthefaanityinanothet
otherofitspursuers,anditwouldbe
overpoorethe
horribletorturesoftheenclosureabruptlyislippedoutrevolver,aidbetsterrorstruckeyes,and
firedasididso,thehyenashething,and
flungitselfuponithaneagercry,thrustingthirstyteethintoitsneethegreenssesofthetheislandofdooreau148of209
thickethebeastpeople
carushingtogetheronefaceandthenanother
appeared
dontkillit,prendickcriedreaudontkillit
andisastoopingashepushedthroughunderthefrondsofthebigfes
inanothethehadbeatenoffthehyenaswine
ery
heexcitedcaivorousbeastpeople,
andparticularlying,frohestillquiveringbodythehairygreythingcasniffingattherpseunder
artheotheranils,intheiranilardour,jostledtogetanearerview
nfoundyou,prendicksaidreauied
hi
iorry,saidi,thoughipulse
ofthentifeltsickent
tuing,ipushedofthecro
peopleandonaloneuptheslopetohehigher
partoftheheadlandundertheshouteddirectionsofreauiheardthethreeenbegin
draggingthevictiooheer
itetobealonethebeastpeople
nifestedaquitehunoreau
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andfolloinathickknot,sniffingandgroit
asthebullndraggeditdohebeachitothe
headlandanden,blackagainstthe
eveningskyastheycarriedtheeddeadbodyouttoseandlikeayndcatherealisation
oftheunspeakableaiessnessofthingsupontheislanduponthebeaehe
apen,thehyenasherofthebeast
people,standingaboutntgoryandreauthey
illintenselyexcited,andalloverfloh
noisyexpressionsoftheirloyaltytothelaifeltanabsoluteassuranceinoindthatthehyenaswineplicatedintherabbitkillingastrangepersuasione,that,saveforthegrossnessoftheline,thegrotesquenessofthefor,ihadherebeforetheanlifeinniature,thewhole
interplayofinstinplestfor
theleopardnhadhappenedtogounder:thatwasallthedifferencepoorbrute
poorbrutesibegantoseethevileraspeoreauscrueltyihadnotthoughtbeforeofthepainandtroublethatsaftertheyhadpassedfrobr >
reaushandsihadshiveredonlyatthedaysofactualtotintheenc
