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The baying of Simba did not awaken Anthony immediately. Yet even in his sleep--for the sound started him dreaming--he knew that something was terribly the matter. At one time he thought he heard Juan calling him, too--far-off. But he forgot that when he awoke. Only a strong impression of the eery and sinister had been added to the bell-tolling voice of the great hound that echoed through the caverns of his nightmare. He struggled up in bed. It was real.
Simba was in the courtyard below.