"It seemed then that indeed was my fate sealed and that lucky were
those who had been selected for slaves among the Ho-don, for they
at least might hope to escape--those in the chamber with me must
be without hope.
"But yesterday a strange thing happened. There came to the temple,
accompanied by all the priests and by the king and many of his
warriors, one whom all did great reverence, and when he came to the
barred gateway leading to the chamber in which we wretched ones
awaited our fate, I saw to my surprise that it was none other
than that terrible man who had so recently been a prisoner in the
village of Kor-ul-lul--he whom you call Tarzan-jad-guru but whom
they addressed as Dor-ul-Otho. And he looked upon us and questioned
the high priest and when he was told of the purpose for which we
were imprisoned there he grew angry and cried that it was not the
will of Jad-ben-Otho that his people be thus sacrificed, and he
commanded the high priest to liberate us, and this was done.
"The Ho-don prisoners were permitted to return to their homes and
we were led beyond the City of A-lur and set upon our way toward
Kor-ul-lul. There were three of us, but many are the dangers that
lie between A-lur and Kor-ul-lul and we were only three and unarmed.
Therefore none of us reached the village of our people and only
one of us lives.
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