But suddenly something starts to bother him, forcing him to pay attention to it rather than the thoughts of his loved ones. In the fifth paragraph of Bierce’s short story, Peyton closes his eyes to focus on thoughts of his family. The closer they get to the end result, the more Peyton starts noticing strange things that one wouldn’t normally be able to notice.
Yet in the first paragraph Bierce mentions that Peyton is looking down into “swift water.” Maybe Peyton is just imagining something different. He notices that the stream is sluggish since a piece of driftwood seemed to dance or “move slowly” in his opinion (Bierce Par.4).
As the guard moves around Peyton, he starts to pay attention to his surroundings.
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