He brandished the blade, which flashed like lightning, calling to mind old Polish fencing moves: cross stroke, mill, the crooked slash, the frightening downward blow, the stolen slash (a jab that proves the fencing master), attitudes of tierce and counterpoint, which is the former in reverse.
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