The next morning, they discover each man's body. In their passion they fail to notice that outside, the lions are attacking Doc, the three hunters and Rob's servant. Alice, however, proclaims her continued love for him, and they fall into each other's arms. The newlyweds have not seen each other for eight months, and Rob is loathe to admit to his wife that he is failing here, just as he did in London. Finally, hunter Sir William Drake arrives with two friends and, shockingly, Rob's wife Alice. While waiting, Rob builds a fire around the camp, but the lions continue to kill and, tragically, a malaria attack breaks out. Meanwhile, the government in London has learned about the lion problem and, fearing the loss of money and prestige, sends three world-class hunters to help. The Indians watch mournfully as the tribe buries its dead. The Africans surround one lion with spears but it breaks loose and kills some of their warriors. Rob and Doc then visit the local Masai tribesmen, who are renowned for their lion-hunting abilities. Rob tries to stop them but cannot, until a lion atacks their leader, who, before dying, asks Rob to take care of his people. The workers then pack up and begin to march out of the camp. He stays up all night waiting for them, but as the sun rises, a native races over to inform him that the commissioner has been killed by the lions. As the workers grow more frightened, Rob, who is now desperate to make this project his one success, obsesses over the lions. The commissioner insists the lions must be tracked through the jungle, and, after Rob refuses to leave his team, takes off alone. Minutes later, the lions kill another worker. That night, the commissioner triumphantly shoots a trapped animal, but soon realizes that it is only a hyena. The commissioner, who has heard about the lion problem, visits and orders the workers to construct a trap.
Rob and Doc bury the body in secret to stave off mass panic. All night, Rob watches over the body in the hope that the lions will return, but when one finally does, the other lion attacks his assistant. Along with his best friend, Scottish doctor Angus "Doc" Maclean, Rob tries to assuage the workers' fears by hunting the lions, but returns from his safari empty-handed and discovers that the cook has been mauled by the lions. However, when Parkhurst dies of a scorpion bite, Rob is forced to assume leadership. Parkhurst's engineer, Robert Hayward, who has made a habit of failing, joined the expedition through the influence of his father-in-law, railroad financier Conway, and wants as little responsibility as possible. In Kenya in 1898, the British are busy building the first railroad through Africa with a group of East Indian laborers, led by British major Parkhurst, when the project is suddenly halted after the workers, fueled by rumors of two man-eating lions nearby, refuse to continue.
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