yappest

Updated: May 26, 2025

"King," I said, "it shall not be; we will not endure this thing; let the girl go in safety." Twala rose from his seat in wrath and astonishment, and from the chiefs and serried ranks of maidens who had closed in slowly upon us in anticipation of the tragedy came a murmur of amazement. "Shall not be! thou white dog, that yappest at the lion in his cave; shall not be! art thou mad?

Henry Rider Haggard - King Solomon's Mines