It
is to Bu-lat that I am betrothed."
"But it is not Bu-lat whom you love," said Tarzan.
Again the flush and the girl half turned her face away. "Have I
then displeased the Great God?" she asked.
"No," replied Tarzan; "as I told you he is well satisfied and for
your sake he has saved Ta-den for you."
"Jad-ben-Otho knows all," whispered the girl, "and his son shares
his great knowledge."
"No," Tarzan hastened to correct her lest a reputation for omniscience
might prove embarrassing. "I know only what Jad-ben-Otho wishes me
to know."
"But tell me," she said, "I shall be reunited with Ta-den? Surely
the son of god can read the future."
The ape-man was glad that he had left himself an avenue of escape.
"I know nothing of the future," he replied, "other than what
Jad-ben-Otho tells me. But I think you need have no fear for the
future if you remain faithful to Ta-den and Ta-den's friends."
"You have seen him?" asked O-lo-a. "Tell me, where is he?"
"Yes," replied Tarzan, "I have seen him. He was with Om-at, the
gund of Kor-ul-ja."
"A prisoner of the Waz-don?" interrupted the girl.
"Not a prisoner but an honored guest," replied the ape-man.
"Wait," he exclaimed, raising his face toward the heavens; "do not
speak. I am receiving a message from Jad-ben-Otho, my father.
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