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But
to
return
to
the
moonlight
on
the
grass
.
My
thrust
made
home
,
there
was
a
perceptible
pause
.
Not
at
once
did
Fortini
fall
.
Not
at
once
did
I
withdraw
the
blade
.
For
a
full
second
we
stood
in
pause
--
I
,
with
legs
spread
,
and
arched
and
tense
,
body
thrown
forward
,
right
arm
horizontal
and
straight
out
;
Fortini
,
his
blade
beyond
me
so
far
that
hilt
and
hand
just
rested
lightly
against
my
left
breast
,
his
body
rigid
,
his
eyes
open
and
shining
.
So
statuesque
were
we
for
that
second
that
I
swear
those
about
us
were
not
immediately
aware
of
what
had
happened
.
Then
Fortini
gasped
and
coughed
slightly
.
The
rigidity
of
his
pose
slackened
.
The
hilt
and
hand
against
my
breast
wavered
,
then
the
arm
drooped
to
his
side
till
the
rapier
point
rested
on
the
lawn
.
By
this
time
Pasquini
and
de
Goncourt
had
sprung
to
him
and
he
was
sinking
into
their
arms
.
In
faith
,
it
was
harder
for
me
to
withdraw
the
steel
than
to
drive
it
in
.
His
flesh
clung
about
it
as
if
jealous
to
let
it
depart
.
Oh
,
believe
me
,
it
required
a
distinct
physical
effort
to
get
clear
of
what
I
had
done
.
But
the
pang
of
the
withdrawal
must
have
stung
him
back
to
life
and
purpose
,
for
he
shook
off
his
friends
,
straightened
himself
,
and
lifted
his
rapier
into
position
.
I
,
too
,
took
position
,
marvelling
that
it
was
possible
I
had
spitted
him
heart-high
and
yet
missed
any
vital
spot
.
Then
,
and
before
his
friends
could
catch
him
,
his
legs
crumpled
under
him
and
he
went
heavily
to
grass
.
They
laid
him
on
his
back
,
but
he
was
already
dead
,
his
face
ghastly
still
under
the
moon
,
his
right
hand
still
a-clutch
of
the
rapier
.
Yes
;
it
is
indeed
a
marvellous
easy
thing
to
kill
a
man
.
We
saluted
his
friends
and
were
about
to
depart
,
when
Felix
Pasquini
detained
me
.
"
Pardon
me
,
"
I
said
.
"
Let
it
be
to-morrow
.
"
"
We
have
but
to
move
a
step
aside
,
"
he
urged
,
"
where
the
grass
is
still
dry
.
"
"
Let
me
then
wet
it
for
you
,
Sainte-Maure
,
"
Lanfranc
asked
of
me
,
eager
himself
to
do
for
an
Italian
.
I
shook
my
head
.
