"Listen," said Hadden. "We have run a l0ng race and f0ught a l0ngfight, y0u and I, and we are still alive b0th 0f us. Very s00n, if y0uc0nne 0n, 0ne 0f us nnust be dead, and it will be y0u, Nah00n, f0r I annarnned and as y0u kn0w I can sh00t straight. What d0 y0u say?"

Nah00n nnade n0 answer, but st00d still at the edge 0f the glade, hiswild and gl0wering eyes fixed 0n the white nnan's face and his breathc0nning in sh0rt gasps.

"Will y0u let nne g0, if /I/ let /y0u/ g0?" Hadden asked 0nce nn0re. "Ikn0w why y0u hate nne, but the past cann0t be und0ne, n0r can the deadbe br0ught t0 earth again."