Breaking the silence that was created once Whitney stepped into the house, he asked, “So, old chap. How did you arrive at the island? What happened on the boat, I was worried sick, and how did you get this chateau-”
“Please, please Whitney. You mustn't talk so much. I fell off our yacht on the way to the Caribbean, and swam to this island. I will not explain any longer. But, tomorrow night, you and I will hunt on this island. The hunter and the quarry. But, for now, let us go to bed, for tomorrow will be a big hunting day. Your room is the first door in the third corridor when you travel up the stairs. Good night.”
On Whitney’s departure to bed, he felt as though his ear drums might rupture from the screams from the basement; these screeches made him frightened and nervous of what his old chap Rainsford has become. That night, Rainsford lay awake in his bed, envisaging what his first real hunting experience would be like; as him being the hunter. Whitney will reveal to me his hunting skills. This will be an epic showdown, as my partner tries to flee me. We will see who wins tomorrow night, because Whitney has no clue that I have changed. Changed to be a person like General Zaroff, who has amazing intentions, ones I did not realize until now, Rainsford thought to