Henri Rousseau The Repast of the Lion painting

Henri Rousseau The Repast of the Lion paintingHenri Rousseau The Orchard paintingHenri Rousseau The Merry Jesters paintingHenri Rousseau The Flamingos painting
compensate for the kick.In a bad stance, from panic rather than poise, the perp squeezed off a shot. His pull was actually more jerk than squeeze, and the round went so wild that Hazard stood at less risk of being drilled by this bullet than of being pulverized by an asteroid.The instant he saw the muzzle spit fire into the rain and heard the slug shatter a window in the or be killed.The sound of bullet-battered glass was still ringing through the rain when Hazard got a two-hand grip on his gun, assumed the stance, and answered fire with fire. He placed two rounds with little concern for the stern judgment of the Los Angeles Times in matters of police deportment, but with every concern for the safety of Mother Yancy’s favorite baby boy.The first shot took the killer down, and the second rapped him hammer-hard even as his knees were still buckling.apartment house behind him, however, Hazard was only partly driven by training, partly by duty, and mostly by blood. The shooter wouldn’t be sloppy twice. All the sensitivity instruction, all the earnest lectures in social policy and political consequences, all the police-commission directives to meet violence with patience, understanding, and measured response were impediments to survival when, in the quick, you had to kill