That was simple--and it was obvious; and it could be done at once.

He could soon overtake the man who had spoiled the world for him.
Yet he was a Norman, and the Norman thinks before he acts.

He is the soul of caution; he wants to get the best he can out of his bargain.

He will throw nothing away that is to his advantage.

There should be other ways than the gun with which to take a man's life--ways which might give a Norman a chance to sacrifice only one life; to secure punishment where it was due, but also escape from punishment for doing the obvious thing.
Poison?
That was too stupid even to think of once.