But his constant jabbering not only annoyed Tarzan, who worked in silence, but suggested that later the black might raise his voice in cries for succor, so he stepped out of the cage, gathered a handful of grass and a small stick and returning, jammed the grass into Rabba Kega's mouth, laid the stick crosswise between his teeth and fastened it there with the thong from Rabba Kega's loin cloth.
Long before they reached the cage, they heard the roaring of a great lion and guessed that they had made a successful bag, so it was with shouts of joy that they approached the spot where they should find their captive.
Say nae mair, say nae mair," said Cluny, and pointed me to a bed of heather in a corner of the Cage.
What with the brandy and the venison, a strange heaviness had come over me; and I had scarce lain down upon the bed before I fell into a kind of trance, in which I continued almost the whole time of our stay in the Cage.
For an instant silence reigned in the great amphitheatre, then a wild shout arose from the
cages of the doomed.
He backed the animal down the length of the
cage, continually rapping at the nose and keeping it down to the floor.
He wasn't there, but directly in front of me was King Wallace, in tights, waiting for his turn to go on with his
cage of performing lions.
Carthoris brought the
cage to a sudden stop at one of the higher levels of the palace.
Hold, Master Olivier; I desire to see that
cage myself.
screamed the lady of the house, covering the
cage with an embroidered white pocket handkerchief.
My ship," began the captain, waving his hand unsteadily towards the
cages, "was a clean ship.
Kantos Kan and I were confined together in one of the
cages.
