Putting his hand behind him he felt his pheasants, and found one missing.

It had broken off and was lost, and only the bleeding head and beak remained sticking in his belt.

He felt more frightened than he had ever done before.

He began to pray to God, and feared above all that he might die without having done anything good or kind; and he so wanted to live, and to live so as to perform a feat of self-sacrifice..