a few defiant in front of them several armed men in uniform. A heavy man in a sweat-stained khaki shirt turns out to be the captain in charge and after a good deal of questioning of Jim which establishes that he got there by accident while on a botanical expedition explains that the Indians are a random group of the inhabitants who after recent acts of protest against the government are just about to be killed to remind other possible protestors of the advantages of not protesting. However since Jim is an honored visitor from another land the captain is happy to offer him a guests privilege of killing one of the Indians himself. If Jim accepts then as a special mark of the occasion the other Indians will be let off. Of course if Jim refuses then there is no special occasion and Pedro here will do what he was about to do when Jim arrived and kill them all The men against the wall and the other villagers understand the situation and are obviously begging him to accept. What should he do?
