His forefeet and his left hindfoot were free, and as Kazan advanced, he drew back, so that the trap-chain was slack under his body.

Here Kazan could not follow his old tactics of circling about his trapped foe, until it had become tangled in the chain, or had so shortened and twisted it that there was no chance for a leap.

He had to attack face to face, and suddenly he lunged in.

They met shoulder to shoulder.

Kazan's fangs snapped at the other's throat, and missed.