Chapter 15 15

From Ape to Savage

The noise of their battle with Numa had drawn an excited horde of savages from the nearby village, and a moment after the lion's death the two men were surrounded by lithe, ebon warriors, gesticulating and jabbering-a thousand questions that drowned each ventured reply.

And then the women came, and the children-eager, curio

            
            

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