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A WOMAN OF BULIKA.
I turned aside into an alley, and sought shelter in a small archway.

In the mouth of it I stopped, and looked out at the moonlight which filled the alley.

The same instant a woman came gliding in after me, turned, trembling, and looked out also.

A few seconds passed; then a huge leopard, its white skin dappled with many blots, darted across the archway.