"You have heard."
"What the bwana says is law."
"Does any man of you think differently? Speak!"
No voice answered. Kingozi turned to where, he knew, the Leopard Woman stood.
"You see?"
He heard only a choked sob of rage and impotence. After waiting a minute he resumed:
"Do my command. Let three men, in turn, give the kiboko. You, Simba, see that they strike hard."
A faint clink of manacles indicated that the guards had laid hands on their victim.
"Wait!" cried the Leopard Woman in a strangled voice.
Kingozi raised his hand.