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A Sight which I shall Never Forget
Onlyabovetheeyebrows,wheretheslopingforeheadandlow,curvedskulloftheape-manwereinsharpcontrasttothebroadbrowandmagnificentcraniumoftheEuropean,couldoneseeanymarkeddifference.AteveryotherpointthekingwasanabsurdparodyoftheProfessor.
Allthis,whichtakesmesolongtodescribe,impresseditselfuponmeinafewseconds.Thenwehadverydifferentthingstothinkof,foranactivedramawasinprogress.Twooftheape-menhadseizedoneoftheIndiansoutofthegroupanddraggedhimforwardtotheedgeofthecliff.Thekingraisedhishandasasignal.Theycaughtthemanbyhislegandarm,andswunghimthreetimesbackwardsandforwardswithtremendousviolence.Then,withafrightfulheavetheyshotthepoorwretchovertheprecipice.Withsuchforcedidtheythrowhimthathecurvedhighintheairbeforebeginningtodrop.Ashevanishedfromsight,thewholeassembly,excepttheguards,rushedforwardtotheedgeoftheprecipice,andtherewasalongpauseofabsolutesilence,brokenbyamadyellofdelight.Theysprangabout,tossingtheirlong,hairyarmsintheairandhowlingwithexultation.Thentheyfellbackfromtheedge,formedthemselvesagainintoline,andwaitedforthenextvictim.
ThistimeitwasSummerlee.Twoofhisguardscaughthimbythewristsandpulledhimbrutallytothefront.Histhinfigureandlonglimbsstruggledandflutteredlikeachickenbeingdraggedfromacoop.
