She and Allan Chapter 4 - The Lion and the Axe

In which the steadfast Allan Quatermain journeys northward through Zululand’s wilds, encountering mysterious suspicions, a fateful night-watch disturbed by a lion, and the timely arrival of the formidable Umslopogaas bearing his ancient axe. Together they set forth on a perilous trek along forgotten roads to seek a reclusive white settler by the great Zambesi, their path marked by strange omens and fierce resolve.