If there had been an atheist among them before, or an
agnostic, there was none now, for had they not looked with their
own eyes upon the son of god?
"It is well then," continued the ape-man, "that you should assure
yourself that I am no impostor. Come closer that you may see that I
am not as are men. Furthermore it is not meet that you stand upon
a higher level than the son of your god." There was a sudden scramble
to reach the floor of the throne-room, nor was Ko-tan far behind
his warriors, though he managed to maintain a certain majestic
dignity as he descended the broad stairs that countless naked feet
had polished to a gleaming smoothness through the ages. "And now,"
said Tarzan as the king stood before him, "you can have no doubt
that I am not of the same race as you. Your priests have told you
that Jad-ben-Otho is tailless. Tailless, therefore, must be the
race of gods that spring from his loins. But enough of such proofs
as these! You know the power of Jad-ben-Otho; how his lightnings
gleaming out of the sky carry death as he wills it; how the rains
come at his bidding, and the fruits and the berries and the grains,
the grasses, the trees and the flowers spring to life at his divine
direction; you have witnessed birth and death, and those who honor
their god honor him because he controls these things.
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