Kathlyn and her sister, Winnie, have hardly disappeared through the trap leading from the big animal cage to the tunnel that had been burrowed beneath, than the hungry and frenzied lions that were in the arena swarmed onto the stage and began clawing at the trap, excited to ferocity by the fresh scent of human beings.

"Garbed in gleaming armor, Kathlyn, like another Joan of Arc, rallies the scattered forces and routs Umballah from his palace."