“Then he dies,” answered the chief.
Sherif el Habib offered to pay for the animal, but no amount of beads or rings, shells or jewelry, would purchase a sacred bull.
Max must die.
Ibrahim asked how Max had killed the bull.
The natives said he had speared him.
“Where is my spear?” asked Max.
They pointed to his gun.
He raised it and showed that it was no spear at all.
The bull was dead.
That did not admit of any doubt.