"We are sorrier than we ever were before in our lives!
"I'll see that they are sorry enough," said the biggest lion, but of course it was only Barty who understood what he said. The robbers thought he was roaring and their knees knocked together.
"What are you going to do to them?" asked Barty.
"Watch!" answered the lion.
He made a sign to his mate and two tigers, and each of them took up a robber by his trousers and shook him as if he were a rat.
