He had killed man, the noblest game of all, and he had killed in the face of the law of club and fang.
("The Call of the Wild")
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He felt strangely numb. As though from a great distance, he was aware that he was being beaten. The last sensations of pain left him. He no longer felt anything, though very faintly he could hear the impact of the club upon his body. But it was no longer his body, it seemed so far away.
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