The story begins with Francis Macomber and his wife Margaret who are on a safari hunt in Africa, lead by Robert Wilson. They are preparing for lunch and begin to disucss the morning's hunt. Margaret is displeased at her husband for becoming a coward during the lion hunt. While Wilson tries to comfort Francis about the incident, Margaret makes several sarcastic remarks. That same day, they go on another hunt, where Francis feels ashamed about being scared earlier. He does, however, do a good job on this hunt. That night, Francis thinks about being scared of the lions. This leads to several flashbacks showing their hunt with the lions, and how Francis' wife kisses Wilson after her husband fails to kill the lion. It is noted that their marriage has suffered its problems in the past, but she stays with him because of his money and he stays with her because of her beauty. He wakes up and sees that his wife's cot is empty. After several hours, she returns and it is evident that she has been with Wilson. Wilson doesn't feel bad about this, however, because he feels Francis has driven his wife towards him. After breakfast, they go on another hunt to kill buffalo. Margaret insists that she go along. She gets her way. Francis again does very well by shooting the biggest buffalo of the three they find. Francis is happy about his killings, but his wife tries to bring down his spirits, saying that it was unsportsmanlike to kill the buffalo from a car. This doesn't change his happiness, though. Margaret seems threatened by the change in her husband and his new attitude. The group must track and kill the third buffalo, which is wounded. They set up their kill zone, where Francis stands ready to shoot the animal. It begins to charge, and right before getting to him, his wife shoots him in the head, making it look like an accident. Wilson tells her that the world will look at this as an accident, but he will always know it was a murder, and that it was her intention throughout the entire hunt.
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