The jungle and the wilderness lurked in the uplift and downput of his feet.

He was cat-footed, and lithe, and strong, always strong.

I likened him to some great tiger, a beast of prowess and prey.

He looked it, and the piercing glitter that arose at times in his eyes was the same piercing glitter I had observed in the eyes of caged leopards and other preying creatures of the wild.
But this day, as I noted them pacing up and down, I saw that it was she who terminated the walk.

They came up to where I was standing by the entrance to the companion-way.