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Und wiederzukommen, wenn es dunkel war. Mit einem Schrotgewehr.
Come back after dark. With a shotgun.
Ich lag ganz still und sah sozusagen in den Lauf seines Gewehres hinein – das war die letzte Möglichkeit für mich. Aber ich dachte dabei, mein Herz hätte mir die Brust zersprengt. Dann feuerte er; zu meinem Glück war es kein Schrotgewehr;
I lay quite still, and as good as looked into the barrel: it was my last chance, but I thought my heart would have come right out of its bearings. Then he fired. Lucky for me it was no shot-gun, for the bullet struck within an inch of me and knocked the dirt in my eyes.
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