Read the excerpt from Part 2 of "The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell.
Night found him leg-weary, with hands and face lashed by the branches, on a thickly wooded ridge. He knew it would be insane to blunder on through the dark, even if he had the strength. His need for rest was imperative and he thought, "I have played the fox, now I must play the cat of the fable." A big tree with a thick trunk and outspread branches was near by, and, taking care to leave not the slightest mark, he climbed up into the crotch, and, stretching out on one of the broad limbs, after a fashion, rested. Rest brought him new confidence and almost a feeling of security. Even so zealous a hunter as General Zaroff could not trace him there, he told himself; only the devil himself could follow that complicated trail through the jungle after dark. But perhaps the general was a devil—
Which details from the excerpt help the reader to visualize Rainsford’s hiding spot?
phrases such as “leg-weary,” “face lashed,” and “need for rest”
phrases such as “lashed by the branches,” and “through the dark”
phrases such as “thick trunk,” “outspread branches,” and “broad limbs”
phrases such as “new confidence,” “feeling of security,” and “trace him there”