At least, to their honour be it said, they did come, yelling like demons and waving long knives in their hands.
The effect of our sudden arrival from above was extraordinary.

Scared by the rush and the noise, the lions gave way, then bolted in every direction, the wounded cub, which could not, or would not move, being stabbed to death where it stood over Higgs and Japhet.
Five minutes more and all of us were safe in the mouth of the tunnel.
That was how we rescued Higgs from the den of the sacred lions which guarded the idol of the Fung..