The blow rolled it over, and gave me time to pick up the gun.

The rest was easy." The man, without a word, examined the body of the leopard.
"It is as you say," he said.

"It was well struck, and would probably have been fatal; but the animal would have torn you in pieces before he died, but for the guns.
"Well, comrade, you have saved my life; and I am your servant, so long as I live.

I thought all was over with me.

The leopard, as it sprang, threw its full weight on my comrade, here.