At the moment when I got here that other hen, which you see yonder, sprang upon this one to get the fig, which she was still holding, and with a thrust of the beak split her head open....

The blood's flowing, as you can see yourself." Why did he say these things?
He himself was astonished at them whilst he went on inventing them.

Was it then that he wished to remain master of the situation, keep the abominable secret entirely to himself, in order that he might afterwards act in accordance with his own desires?
Certainly his feelings partook of shame and embarrassment in presence of that foreigner, whilst his personal inclination for violence set some admiration amidst the revolt of his conscience, and a covert desire arose within him to examine the matter from the standpoint of his interests before he came to a decision.

But, on the other hand, he claimed to be a man of integrity, and would assuredly not allow people to be poisoned.
Pierre, who was compassionately inclined towards all creation, looked at the hen with the emotion which he always felt at the sudden severance of life.

However, he at once accepted Prada's story.