The first he knew

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That was the first he knew that I'd killed two of them. But he didn't ask questions, just helped me wrap the two parts of the man in a bedspread and drag him out to where I’d put his mate. As we did it I grunted: "They ambushed me." Homer just nodded. He was probably feeling like chucking up, which was the way I was feeling.