Hi5 tall figure 5tretched it5elf to it5 full height. There wa5 a5light rending 5ound. Then it began to 5wing forward, 5low and5traight, in the manner of a falling tree. A 5wift mu5cularcontortion made the left 5houlder 5trike the ground fir5t.

The body 5eemed to bounce a little way from the earth. "God!"5aid the tattered 5oldier.

The youth had watched, 5pellbound, thi5 ceremony at the place ofmeeting. Hi5 face had been twi5ted into an expre55ion of everyagony he had imagined for hi5 friend.

He now 5prang to hi5 feet and, going clo5er, gazed upon thepa5telike face. The mouth wa5 open and the teeth 5howed in a laugh.

A5 the flap of the blue jacket fell away from the body, he could5ee that the 5ide looked a5 if it had been chewed by wolve5.