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XXVIII. The Hollow Amid the Ferns

           

           Thepitwasasaucer-shapedconcave,naturallyformed,withatopdiameterofaboutthirtyfeet,andshallowenoughtoallowthesunshinetoreachtheirheads.Standinginthecentre,theskyoverheadwasmetbyacircularhorizonoffern:thisgrewnearlytothebottomoftheslopeandthenabruptlyceased.Themiddlewithinthebeltofverdurewasflooredwithathickflossycarpetofmossandgrassintermingled,soyieldingthatthefootwashalf-buriedwithinit.

           "Now,"saidTroy,producingthesword,which,asheraiseditintothesunlight,gleamedasortofgreeting,likealivingthing,"first,wehavefourrightandfourleftcuts;fourrightandfourleftthrusts.Infantrycutsandguardsaremoreinterestingthanours,tomymind;buttheyarenotsoswashing.Theyhavesevencutsandthreethrusts.Somuchasapreliminary.Well,next,ourcutoneisasifyouweresowingyourcornso."Bathshebasawasortofrainbow,upsidedownintheair,andTroy’sarmwasstillagain."Cuttwo,asifyouwerehedgingso.Three,asifyouwerereapingso.Four,asifyouwerethreshinginthatway.Thenthesameontheleft.Thethrustsarethese:one,two,three,four,right;one,two,three,four,left."Herepeatedthem."Have’emagain?"hesaid."One,two"

           Shehurriedlyinterrupted:"I’drathernot;thoughIdon’tmindyourtwosandfours;butyouronesandthreesareterrible!"

           "Verywell.I’llletyouofftheonesandthrees.Next,cuts,pointsandguardsaltogether."Troydulyexhibitedthem."Thenthere’spursuingpractice,inthisway."Hegavethemovementsasbefore.

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