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Yes, except delaying it would also entirely ruin the feint, and would lose his gaze. The reason the feint worked, as said in the book, is because Aragorn was showing pride and the brashness that would come if he had the Ring, and so Sauron was tricked into believing Aragorn was using the Ring.