ttingthecurvedinstruntfallto
hissideagain
iediatelytherehroughtheyellow
thedensegreenjungle
thatrkedtherassthroughhe
previousdaythenatthreeorfourpointsontheedgeofthesulphurousareaappearedthegrotesqueforofthebeastpeoplehurryingtohelpa
creepinghorror,asiperceivedfirstoneandthenanothertrotoutfrohetreesorreedsandeshalingalongoverthehotdustbutreauandntgorystood
firsttoarrivehesatyr,strangelyunrealforallthathecastashadoossedthedusthhishoofsafter
hirohebrakecaanstrouslout,athingof
horseandrhinoceros,chee;then
appearedthesanandten;then
thefoxbearch,hherredeyesinherpeakedred
fae
fororeauandchant,
quiteregardlessofoneanother,fragntsofthelatterhalftheislandofdooreau140of209
ofthelitanyofthelahehandthatwounds;
hisisthehandthatheals,andsoforthassoonastheyhadapproachedhinadistanceofperhapsthirtyyardstheyhalted,andbowingonkneesandelbowsbeganflingingtheedustupontheirheads
igihesceneifyoucanen,
isshapenblackfacedattendant,standinginayelloundertheblazingblue
sky,andsurroundedbythiscircleofcrouchingandgestiealsthunsavein
theirsubtleexpressionandgestures,solikecripples,sosostrangelydistortedastoreselenothingbutthedenizensofours;and,beyond,thereedy
linesofacanebrakeinonedirection,adensetangleofpalreesontheother,separatingusfroheravinehthehuts,andtothenorththehazyhorizonofthepacificean
sixtytoreauthereare
fourre
idonotseetheleopardn,saidi
presentlyreausoundedthegreathoagain,andatthesoundofitallthebeastpeoplehedandgrovelledinthedustthen,slinkingoutofthecanebrake,stoopingnearthegroundandtryingtojointhedustthrooreau141of209
etheleopardnthe
lastofthebeastpeopletoarrivean
theearlieranils,hotandhtheirgrovelling,shotvi
,loudvoice;andthe
beastpeoplesatbasandrestedfrobr >
theirworshipping
hesayerofthelaoreau,andthe
hairygreynsterbohedust
saytheoreau
forthbly,s
sidetosideanddashingupthesulphurhtheirhands,firsttherighthandandapuffofdust,andthentheleft,beganonceretochanttheirstrangelitanyheyreached,nottoeatfleshorfohatisthelaw,
reauhelduphislankehand
stophecried,andtherefellabsolutesilenceuponthell
ithinktheyallkneingi
lookedroundattheirstrangefaceswhenisaheirtitudesandthefurtivedreadintheirbrighteyes,itoben
thatlaoreautheislandofdooreau
142of209
noneescape,frohefacelesscreaturehthe
silveryhaioneescape,repeatedthekneelingcircleofbeastpeople
oreau,andlookedroundattheir
faces,crackinghishehyenaswine
lookeddejeanreau
stopped,facingthiscreature,
eryanddreadofinfinitetot
oreau,inavoiceofthunder
evilishehelaedthesayerof
thelaw
reaulookedintotheeyesoftheleopardn,and
seedtobedraggingtheverysouloutofthecreaturehelaoreau,takinghiseyes
offhisvie
thereouchofexultationinhisvoice
goesbacktothehouseofpain,theyall
aster
backtothehouseofpain,backtothehouseof
pain,gabbledtheapen,asthoughtheidea
tohi
doyouhearsaidreau,tuingbacktothe
oreau
143of209
fortheleopardn,releasedfrooreauseye,hadrisenstraightfroisknees,andnoe
andhishugefeliusksflashingoutfronderhisnvinced
thatonlythednessofunendurablefearuldhaveprotedthisattackthehreesre
nstersseedtoriseaboutusidreyrevolver
thet
theleopardnsbloherewasafuriousyellingandhoovingrapidlyfora
ntithoughtitthefuriousface
oftheleopardnflashedbyne,lingclosein
pursuitisaheyellohehyenaswineblazing
ent,hisattitudeasifheo
attaeoverthehyena
soreaus
pistol,andsaultthe
edtoshedirectionof
theglintoffire,anditoohe
gisftheventinanothersendiwas
running,oneofatultuousshoutingcro
oftheesan
thatisallicantelldefinitelyisaan
strikereau,andtheneverythingspunaboutuntilitheislandofdooreau144of209
ling
ofthefugitivebehind,theirtonguesalreadylollingout,rantheleapingstridestheswine
folkfolloent,andthetwo
bullnintheirsereau
inaedstraw
hatbloehair
streangoutthehyenase,keeping
paceeandglancingfurtivelyatoutofhisfelineeyes,andtheotherscapatteringandshoutingbehindus
theleopardnburstinghishroughthe
longcanes,tledin
ingsfacepledpath
foruswhe
