"A twenty-two," [Rainsford] remarked. "That's odd. It must have been a fairly large animal too. The hunter had his nerve with him to tackle it with a light gun. It's clear that the brute put up a fight. I suppose the first three shots I heard was when the hunter flushed his quarry and wounded it. The last shot was when he trailed it here and finished it."
He examined the ground closely and found what he had hoped to find – the print of hunting boots. They pointed along the cliff in the direction he had been going. Eagerly he hurried along, now slipping on a rotten log or a loose stone, but making headway; night was beginning to settle down on the island.
—"The Most Dangerous Game,"
Richard Connell
What can be concluded about Rainsford from his dialogue?
What does Rainsford say that indicates he admires the hunter?
What can be concluded about Rainsford from the narration?
What word does the narrator use that helps the reader draw this conclusion?
