He thought of the den of lions hard by, of the cage of tigers-the menagerie not a thousand feet away.

He could hear the distant roaring now, and his eyes glittered.

The Christian to the wild beasts! That at least before the end.

A Muslim would win heaven by sending a Christian to hell.
Achmet--Higli! No others knew.

The light of a fateful fanaticism was in his eyes.