Rainsford: A Fictional Narrative

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“Splendid, one of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds. The other will sleep in this very excellent bed. On guard Rainsford, I would like to warn you that will need to be quick to kill me, quick like a fox, (Simile)” Zaroff explained.
Spasmodically, Rainsford turned around and grabbed the buck head hanging on the wall behind him and exclaimed, “Take this Buckaroo!” as Rainsford hurled the buck head past Zaroff who ducked out of the way. “Very quick Rainsford,” explained Zaroff, “but something more than that will be needed to kill me.” Zaroff grabbed the cumbersome cash register that Zaroff got as a gift from one of his friends in Russia, on top of his bed headboard and yelled, “Make some sense, surrender now!”
Rainsford leaned
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You will be the fool who’s to furnish a meal for the hounds! You will pay for the people you…”
Before he could finish his sentence Zaroff took out Radford’s legs causing him to land face first and General Zaroff ran for the door yelling, “You have to catch me to kill me! ”Before Rainsford left the room he saw Zaroff's small pistol left on the
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Zaroff opened the door and the sailors, who were on the hunting list, ran and hid in the house. Zaroff was pinned in a corner, forgetting that the room leads to a dead end. He turned around to run somewhere else but standing in his way was Rainsford.
Rainsford took the pistol aimed and fired six shots at Zaroff, who tried to run but was shot. Zaroff tried to run for some time but eventually fell in front of the courtyard gates. Behind the gates the dogs and their two eyes of which resembled emeralds (metaphor), with saliva foaming at the mouth, as they were barking and howling.
With Zaroff’s last night he climbed up the stairs. And he tried to get up by using the open window still. Once Zaroff was on his feet one of the hidden sailors shoved Zaroff over the window sill and he fell with a thunderous boom next to the dogs who were thanking the sailor (personification) for their new human

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