GODFREY BECOMES A HERO The truth is that Godfrey was no true sportsman, really he did not enjoy exterminating other and kindred life to promote his own amusement.

Like most young men, he was delighted if he made a good shot; moreover, he had some aptitude for shooting, but unlike most young men, to him afterwards came reflections.

Who gave him the right to kill creatures as sentient, and much more beautiful in their way then himself, just because it was "great fun"?
Of course, he was familiar with the common answer, that day by day his body was nourished upon the flesh of other animals destroyed for that purpose.

But then this was a matter of necessity, so arranged by a law, that personally, he thought dreadful, but over which he had no manner of control.

It was part of the hellish system of a world built upon the foundation stone of death.
Nature told him that he must live, and that to live, not being a vegetarian, which for most of us is difficult in a cold climate, he must kill, or allow others to kill for him.