Henderson weeps for Dahfu's death as he is put into the stone room by the Bunam, and then realizes Romilayu is in the room too. Henderson is devastated that Dahfu is dead and tries to think of ways of carrying on his existence. He also weeps for everything he has messed up in his own life. Suddenly, Henderson realizes the king's death was not an accident and decides he and Romilayu must escape. He feels such a violent desire for revenge that he thinks maybe the crueler aspects of the lion, if not its grace, were transferred to him during the sessions with Atti. He finds a hole in the wall between the two chambers, and sees Dahfu's body, guarded by the Bunam's assistant, next to a small lion cub.
Horko pays Henderson and.....
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