The Short Happy Life Of Francis Macomber

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courage to tell Wilson to
go on and finish off the lion without him." As the men enter the tall grass,
the lion came charging at them. The next thing he knows, Macomber is "running
wildly, in panic in the open, running towards the stream." Wilson finishes the
lion off with two shots from his rifle. Unfortunately for Francis, his wife has
seen the whole ordeal. Later that night, as Macomber lies on his cot, he knew “
it was neither all over nor was it the beginning. It was exactly as it
happened…and he was miserably ashamed of it.”
About three o' clock in the morning, Francis was awoken suddenly, “
frightened in a dream of the bloody-headed lion standing over him.” As Francis
looks over at his wife's cot, he notices that it is empty and stays awake until
she returns. A couple of hours later, Margot returns to the tent and Francis
begins to question her of her whereabouts. Margot's only reply is that “she
went out for a breath of fresh air.” Francis, however, knows that ...

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