The events that took place or for short, "the events" is the direct object of your sentence.
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The answer is At the start of the hunt, Rainsford clearly was appalled by the idea that he would be the hunted. It was one thing to hunt animals, but the idea of hunting a human being was not something he had ever done
No, it doesn’t still make sense because you’re deleting letters so it won’t make words if that’s what ur asking