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Brooks refused. He didn't like the lottery idea.
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We don't know whether this was because he didn't want to take the chance
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or because he believed in categorical moral principles.
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But in any case, no lots were drawn.
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The next day there was still no ship in sight
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so Dudley told Brooks to avert his gaze
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and he motioned to Stevens that the boy, Parker, had better be killed.
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Dudley offered a prayer, he told the boy his time had come,
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and he killed him with a pen knife, stabbing him in the jugular vein.
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Brooks emerged from his conscientious objection
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to share in the gruesome bounty.
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For four days, the three of them