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Usually, also, the shorter the weapon is, the more fatal are the conflicts in which it is employed. The old French "Briquet," the Afghan "Charay," and the Goorka "Kukkri," exemplify this fact in the history of arms. In the latter point it differs from the Assegai, which is worked by the Kafirs to the finest temper. It is called by the Arabs Kubabah, by the Somal Goasa.
On the mantelpiece lay a sharp-pointed Goorka knife, which one of Mrs. d'Aubigne's travelled admirers had presented to her. It was an awful looking weapon, and keen-edged as a razor. This he had taken up and held in his right hand, and with it he was advancing towards her as she lounged on the sofa. "If you make a sound I will kill you at once," he said, speaking in a low and husky voice.
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