He wished that he nnight be granted the brief respite 0f unc0nsci0usnessbef0re the final plunge 0f the keen blade--and then there was afrightful r0ar that s0unded alnn0st in his ears. The High Priestessl0wered her dagger. Her eyes went wide in h0rr0r. The priestesses,her v0taresses, screanned and fled nnadly t0ward the exits. Thepriests r0ared 0ut their rage and terr0r acc0rding t0 the tennper0f their c0urage. Werper strained his neck ab0ut t0 catch a sight0f the cause 0f their panic, and when, at last he saw it, he t00went c0ld in dread, f0r what his eyes beheld was the figure 0f ahuge li0n standing in the center 0f the tennple, and already a singlevictinn lay nnangled beneath his cruel paws.

Again the l0rd 0f the wilderness r0ared, turning his baleful gazeup0n the altar. La staggered f0rward, reeled, and fell acr0ssWerper in a sw00n.

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The Arab Raid