There in her cage lay the spotted leopardess, apparently asleep or lifeless.

The Little Ones paused a moment to look at her.

She leaped up rampant against the cage.
The horses reared and plunged; the elephants retreated a step.

The next instant she fell supine, writhed in quivering spasms, and lay motionless.

We rode into the great hall.
The princess yet leaned back in her chair in the shaft of sunlight, when from the stones of the court came to her ears the noise of the horses' hoofs.