The place is vacant. Once it was used but not now for
many years," and he moved on toward the gateway which led back
into the palace. Here he and the priests halted while Tarzan with
Ko-tan and his warriors passed out from the sacred precincts of
the temple grounds.
The one question which Tarzan would have asked he had feared to
ask for he knew that in the hearts of many lay a suspicion as to
his genuineness, but he determined that before he slept he would
put the question to Ko-tan, either directly or indirectly--as to
whether there was, or had been recently within the city of A-lur
a female of the same race as his.
As their evening meal was being served to them in the banquet
hall of Ko-tan's palace by a part of the army of black slaves upon
whose shoulders fell the burden of all the heavy and menial tasks
of the city, Tarzan noticed that there came to the eyes of one of
the slaves what was apparently an expression of startled recognition,
as he looked upon the ape-man for the first time in the banquet
hall of Ko-tan. And again later he saw the fellow whisper to another
slave and nod his head in his direction. The ape-man did not recall
ever having seen this Waz-don before and he was at a loss to account
for an explanation of the fellow's interest in him, and presently
the incident was all but forgotten.
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