“Oh,” said the general, “in that case — But why discuss that now? Three days hence we can discuss it over a
bottle of Veuve Clicquot, unless — ”
The general sipped his wine.
Then a businesslike air animated him. “Ivan,” he said to Rainsford, “will supply you with hunting clothes, food, a
knife. I suggest you wear moccasins; they leave a poorer trail. I suggest, too, that you avoid the big swamp in
the southeast corner of the island. We call it Death Swamp. There’s quicksand t
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