Now we are ready," he said to the shikari.
The latter waved a white rag on the top of a long stick, and at the signal a tremendous hubbub of gongs and tom toms, mingled with the shouts of numbers of the men, arose.

The Doctor looked across at his companion.

His face was white and set, his muscles twitched convulsively; he was looking straight in front of him, his teeth set hard.
"An interesting case," the Doctor muttered to himself, "if it had been anyone else than Bathurst.

I expect the tiger will be some little time before it is down.

Bathurst," he said, in a quiet voice.