52/55 I was hopeful now, and was looking for the right kind of chance. The risk was that I might tire sooner than him and be at his mercy. If you are fighting a man who means to kill you, he will be apt to down you unless you mean to kill him too. Stumm did not know any rules to this game, and I forgot to allow for that. Suddenly, when I was watching his eyes, he launched a mighty kick at my stomach. |