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“The feud might, perhaps, have died down or been compromised if the personal ill will of the two men had not stood in the way” (Saki 83), this quote really shows how two the main characters were foolish and instead of ending the feud between them, they kept trying to kill each other. Ulrich and Georg were both very foolish and kept trying to find each other. On page 83 author Saki states “each had hate in his heart and murder uppermost in his mind,” (Saki 83) this also shows how Georg and Ulrich kept trying to find each other instead of ending the feud. What the two main characters didn't know was that soon later an inconvenience of them being together would happen and their eyes would open of how foolish they were.

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