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495f7ba | "Sir Arthur stopped at the bottom of the hill and awaited the charging rider. The horseman halted in front of Sir Arthur and mud flew in all directions. "Who are you?" demanded Sir Arthur. He stared into the masked face and turbaned head of an assassin. Rufus's heart stopped. A gasp escaped his frozen lips and his legs wobbled. Sir Arthur asked again, "Who are you?" The man dismounted and drew from his golden sash a long scimitar. He approached Sir Arthur. The knight lifted his sword and the duel began." | assassin suspense swordfight | Justus A. Platt | |
7fa5985 | C'etait un jour de fete. Mais l'haine se repete. Laissez pas la peur dominer le coeur, Si on veut que l'amour soit vainqueur | amour amour-indépendance-liberté assassin ataque bastille bastille-pompeii chute coeur coexistence conscience contemplation crime despoir fete france gloire guerres haine horreur independance joie-de-vivre journalism lamour mort notre-cœur nouvelles peuple peur poesie revolution rime terrible terror terrorisme terrorists trouble vain vanite vengeance victor-hugo ville | Ana Claudia Antunes | |
293b9dd | "What difference does it make whether you slay him or Horus slays him? He will be just as dead either way." Wakim pauses, apparently considering the matter, as if for the first time. "This thing is mission, not his." he says at length. "He will be just as dead, either way," Vramin repeats. "But not by my hand." "True. But I fail to see the distinction." "So do I, for that matter. But it is who have been charged with the task." "Perhaps Horus has also." "But not by master." "Why should you have a master, Wakim? Why are you not your own man?" Wakim rubs his forehead. "I--do not--really know.... But I must do as I am told." | assassin authority autonomy master | Roger Zelazny |