Behold his godlike figure, his hands,
and his feet, that are not as ours, and that he is entirely tailless
as is his mighty father."
Ko-tan appeared to be perceiving these facts for the first time
and there was an indication that his skepticism was faltering. At
that moment a young warrior who had pushed his way forward from the
opposite side of the pyramid to where he could obtain a good look
at Tarzan raised his voice.
"Ko-tan," he cried, "it must be even as Dak-lot says, for I am
sure now that I have seen Dor-ul-Otho before. Yesterday as we were
returning with the Kor-ul-lul prisoners we beheld him seated upon
the back of a great gryf. We hid in the woods before he came too
near, but I saw enough to make sure that he who rode upon the great
beast was none other than the messenger who stands here now."
This evidence seemed to be quite enough to convince the majority of
the warriors that they indeed stood in the presence of deity--their
faces showed it only too plainly, and a sudden modesty that caused
them to shrink behind their neighbors. As their neighbors were
attempting to do the same thing, the result was a sudden melting
away of those who stood nearest the ape-man, until the steps of
the pyramid directly before him lay vacant to the very apex and
to Ko-tan. The latter, possibly influenced as much by the fearful
attitude of his followers as by the evidence adduced, now altered
his tone and his manner in such a degree as might comport with
the requirements if the stranger was indeed the Dor-ul-Otho while
leaving his dignity a loophole of escape should it appear that he
had entertained an impostor.
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