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Then he felt the hilt ofthe cutlass sticky in his hand as though he had scooped honey from ajar with his fingers. A neat round hole had appearedmiraculously in the sail six feet above him. He kicked thepowder keg beside him. Flash twice and then twice again, he said.

The horse spun and leaped back down the slope, almost into the platoonof infantry that was following close upon its heels. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, andlooked around him wildly as though seeking an avenue of escape. His brows beetled and his eyeswere as cold and implacable as those of an eagle. He wriggled like a puppy.