As for the gun itself, he would not so much as touch it for several days after; but he would speak to it and talk to it, as if it had answered him, when he was by himself; which, as I afterwards learned of him, was to desire it not to kill him.
ÉDUCATION DE VENDREDI Son étonnement fut tel, que de long-temps il n'en put revenir; et je crois que si je l'eusse laissé faire il m'aurait adoré moi et mon fusil. Quant au fusil lui-même, il n'osa pas y toucher de plusieurs jours; mais lorsqu'il en était près il lui parlait et l'implorai comme s'il eût pu lui répondre.