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| 20 | 122 | View more quotes about scarcely">Scarcely had it seen the flash of Tuchuk steel, the saddle knife, its blade balanced, nine inches in length, which had slipped from my sleeve, turned, and, hurled, struck him. |
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| 20 | 119 | "Had you known me better," said I, "you would not have come to the skerry". |
| 20 | 120 | The ax drew back to the termination of its arc, ready for the flashing, circular, flattish sweep that would cut me in two. |
| 20 | 121 | Then the beast stopped, puzzled. |
| 20 | 122 | Scarcely had it seen the flash of Tuchuk steel, the saddle knife, its blade balanced, nine inches in length, which had slipped from my sleeve, turned, and, hurled, struck him. |
| 20 | 123 | It tottered, eyes wild, not understanding, then understanding, the hilt protruding from its chest, stopped only by the guard, the blade fixed in the vast eight-valved heart. |
| 20 | 124 | It took two steps forward. |
| 20 | 125 | Then it fell, the ax clattering on the stone. |