[lestan could not relax; it felt as though his muscles were tightly locked. he saw the minute shifts of expression, but was not assured; he was remembering again and again the clawing rip of his flesh and the snarling french pouring into the open wound. and the fever! the fever to follow; the fever which had not seemed to ever let him go. th-this world? he heard himself saying, dimly striking upon the most interesting part of the sentence emitted from that frightful presence. was he even in his right mind? the witch did not know. foxes were quite forgotten.]

lestan could not relax; it felt as though his muscles were tightly locked. he saw the minute shifts of expression, but was not assured; he was remembering again and again the clawing rip of his flesh and the snarling french pouring into the open wound.
and the fever! the fever to follow; the fever which had not seemed to ever let him go.
th-this world? he heard himself saying, dimly striking upon the most interesting part of the sentence emitted from that frightful presence. was he even in his right mind? the witch did not know.
foxes were quite forgotten.