Question

In The Interlopers by Saki what was Gradwiyz looking for in the forest?

Answer 1

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Ulrich von Gradwitz is in the forest to hunt down his archenemy Georg Znaeym in order to kill him. Both Ulrich and Georg despise each other from childhood and their antipathy for each other has blown out of proportion to a point where they want to eliminate each other. This is because of a piece of forest land that separates each family’s land and which had been the root cause of animosity between the two families for several generations. Even though the courts had ruled that the land rightfully belonged to Ulrich’s family, the disgruntled Znaeym family still laid claim over it. During this particular evening, Ulrich just like Georg had ventured into the disputed forest land in order to seek his enemy out and kill him in order to end the generations’ long feud. The two men were in the company of a group of foresters whom they had each gathered to further assist their course. Ulrich finally encounters Georg face-to-face but before any of the men exchange fire, lighting strikes a tree that turns over and traps the men underneath it. While trapped, Georg and Ulrich reconciled and united to call out for help.

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