His head was shifted so that the string appeared to be online with the left edge of the pupil of the right eye. His bowwas equipped with a sight that had been previously adjusted.The bow was cradled in the left hand, the fingers not touchingthe bow handle. The left arm was extended rigidly forward.The string was pulled until the pile was on the arrow rest.
The archer carefully aimed, placing the sight on the gold orthe center of the target. The arrow did not creep forward.
With the right hand firmly pressed against his anchor, itseemed to perform two movements in unison. The hand creptslightly backward and the drawing fingers slightly relaxedthus loosing the arrow which sped on its unerring way to bequivered in the gold.
