Now， Ipridemyselfondoingthingsneatly， ， 'snakedfist-faugh！itissickening！So， toshoot， orstab， orclubJohnClaverhouse(oh， thatname！)， butalsoinsuchmannerthatnottheslightestpossiblesuspicioncouldbedirectedagainstme.
TothisendIbentmyintellect， and， afteraweekofprofoundincubation， ， fivemonthsold， ， ， whichIcalled"Bellona，"tofetchsticksIthrewintothewater， andnotonlytofetch， buttofetchatonce， ， ， withthestickinhermouth， ， andtooktothegamewithsucheagernessthatIwassooncontent.
Afterthat， atthefirstcasualopportunity， ， forIwasawareofalittleweaknessofhis， andofalittleprivatesinningofwhichhewasregularlyandinveteratelyguilty.
"No，"hesaid， whenIplacedtheendoftheropeinhishand."No， youdon'tmeanit."Andhismouthopenedwideandhegrinnedalloverhisdamnablemoon-face.
"I-Ihaveakindofthought， somehow， youdidn'tlikeme."heexplained."Wasn'titfunnyformetomakesuchamistake？"Andatthethoughtheheldhissideswithlaughter.
"Whatishername？"hemanagedtoaskbetweenparoxysms."Bellona，"Isaid."Hee！hee！"hetittered."Whatafunnyname."
Igrittedmyteeth， forhismirthputthemonedge， andsnappedoutbetweenthem，"ShewasthewifeofMars， youknow."
Thenthelightofthefullmoonbegantosuffusehisface， untilheexplodedwith："， Iguessshe'！Ho！ho！E！hee！hee！Ho！"hewhoopedafterme， andIturnedandfledswiftlyoverthehill.
Theweekpassedby， andonSaturdayeveningIsaidtohim，"YougoawayMonday， don'tyou？"
Henoddedhisheadandgrinned.
"Thenyouwon'thaveanotherchancetogetamessofthosetroutyoujust'dote'on."
Buthedidnotnoticethesneer."Oh， Idon'tknow，"hechuckled."I'mgoinguptomorrowtotryprettyhard."
Thuswasassurancemadedoublysure， andIwentbacktomyhousehuggingmyselfwithrapture.
EarlynextmorningIsawhimgobywithadip-netandgunnysack， ， ， Ifollowedthecrestalongforacoupleofmilestoanaturalamphitheatreinthehills， ！Isatdownonthecroupofthemountain， whereIcouldseeallthatoccurred， andlightedmypipe.
Manyminuteshadpassed， ， andtheywereinhighfeather， hershort， ， hethrewdownthedip-netandsack， anddrewfromhiship-pocketwhatlookedlikealarge， "giant"；"giant".
Likeaflash， ， ， butsheswamsteadilyontillshegotthestickof"giant"， then， forthefirsttime， herealizedhisdanger， ， ， Itellyou， itwasgreat！
AsIhavesaid， ， ， upanddownandacrossthestones， ， Bellonahot-footedafterhim， ， justasshecaughtup， heinfullstride， andsheleapingwithnoseathisknee， therewasasuddenflash， aburstofsmoke， aterrificdetonation， andwheremananddoghadbeentheinstantbeforetherewasnothingtobeseenbutabigholeintheground.
"Deathfromaccidentwhileengagedinillegalfishing."Thatwastheverdictofthecoroner'sjury；， nobrutality；nothingofwhichtobeashamedinthewholetransaction， ， ， andmynight'ssleepdeep.
