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| 16 | 17 | "Back!" View more quotes about cried">cried the askari, in the inland language, with his torch, thrusting it into the beast's mouth. |
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| 16 | 14 | I pushed back again, with the shovel. |
| 16 | 15 | The transparent eyelids on the beast, under the scaly eyelids, closed and opened. |
| 16 | 16 | It hissed more, its tongue sopping at the blood of Ayari in its mouth. |
| 16 | 17 | "Back!" cried the askari, in the inland language, with his torch, thrusting it into the beast's mouth. |
| 16 | 18 | It roared with pain. |
| 16 | 19 | Then, thrashing, squirming, hissing, it backed off in the shallow water. |
| 16 | 20 | I saw its eyes and snout, nostrils open, almost level with the water. |