The sharp point, guided by a calm eye and a firm hand, had pierced the animal's heart.
There were other wounds on the boar's body.

The first, caused by the boy's shot, showed a bloody furrow just over the eye; the blow had been too weak to crush the frontal bone.

The second came from Sir John's first shot; it had caught the animal diagonally and grazed his breast.
The third, fired at close quarters, went through the body; but, as Roland had said, not until after the animal was dead..