In his short story “The Interlopers," Saki presents Georg Znaeym as hostile. When both Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym are trapped under a massive fallen branch in the disputed woods, Georg claims that Ulrich should be dead.
"So, you're not killed, as you ought to be, but you're caught, anyway," he cried; "caught fast. Ho, what a jest, Ulrich von Gradwitz snared in his stolen forest. There's real justice for you!"
Not only does he think that Ulrich’s accidental death would be “justice,” he actually boasts to Ulrich that given the chance, he and his men would kill him. Georg thinks nothing of murdering this man and making it look like an accident.
When they drag me out from under these damned branches it won't need much clumsiness on their part to roll this mass of trunk right over on the top of you. Your men will find you dead under a fallen beech tree.
Even when Ulrich attempts to make peace Georg is still hostile toward his neighbor. Ulrich offers Georg a drink from his wine flask and Georg replies with, “I don't drink wine with an enemy." It takes Ulrich admitting that the feud was ridiculous and that he would not kill Georg to get Georg to even rethink his vengeance.
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
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