Summary Of The Adventures Of Rainsford: A Narrative Fiction

Rainsford woke up to a sharp pain in his back. He groaned as he rolled over in bed. He immediately regretted this decision. His entire body ached from the tiring swim he took yesterday. Still groggy from waking up, he thought about what had happened in the past three days. He cursed himself for falling off the yacht to save a stupid pipe. He slowly got out of the general’s comfy bed and walked into the general’s bathroom. He took his time clean himself up and delicately treated his wounds. He look in the mirror and thought, it wasn’t completely his fault for falling off the boat, it was very dark out. This gave him a second thought, was it his destiny to meet General Zaroff or was it just a coincidence? He laughed at himself, this seemed like something out of a fable or …show more content…
Rainsford took his attention off of the men and looked at the general’s nightstand. On the nightstand, rested a small automatic pistol. The same pistol that the general used to hunt him for what seemed like the longest three days of his life. However, it was the same pistol that Rainsford grabbed off the general’s belt to shoot Zaroff squarely in the forehead last night. After that, all he remember was the general stumbling out of the window and falling to his death. Yet, he remembered something the general said to him as he fell to his demise. The general’s words, “On guard Rainsford, the game is over for me, but no you!” sent chills up his back. His deep thoughts were interrupted again by the sound of a motor boat. He perked up and rushed to the window. He saw two medium sized motor boats, the coffin was being carrying onto one of them. Rainsford sighed and thought that the general was right. The game is not yet over for him. Rainsford assumed that these men were the general’s pupils, and they were paying their respects to him. Maybe they were going to go after him after burying their master. “Wait a moment,” he said to