"That, then, is my story, gentlemen. Before Heaven I swear it is all true. It is, moreover, my deposition, for I already feel the cold shadow of death creeping over me. Yes, I will sign it."
He did so.
"I makee sign too," said Kaloomah.
"That is the man whom I hired to do the deed," said Peter again.
And Kaloomah made his mark.
"I feel easier now, gentlemen" continued Peter. "But leave me a while. I would sleep."
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Kaloomah had all a savage's love for the horrible, and he was merely an interested spectator of the tragedy that followed.
Between him and Peter lie two poison-tipped arrows.
At first Peter looks at them like one dazed. Then he glances upwards at the glorious sunshine streaming in through the opening.