"
"No," said the priest who had before spoken, "it is not necessary
since he could not have entered without your knowledge and the
connivance of the guards, and even had he, the priest who preceded
us must have seen him."
"What priest?" asked O-lo-a.
"One passed the guards shortly before us," explained the man.
"I did not see him," said O-lo-a.
"Doubtless he left by another exit," remarked the second priest.
"Yes, doubtless," acquiesced O-lo-a, "but it is strange that I did
not see him." The two priests made their obeisance and turned to
depart.
"Stupid as Buto, the rhinoceros," soliloquized Tarzan, who considered
Buto a very stupid creature indeed. "It should be easy to outwit
such as these."
The priests had scarce departed when there came the sound of feet
running rapidly across the garden in the direction of the princess
to an accompaniment of rapid breathing as of one almost spent,
either from fatigue or excitement.
"Pan-at-lee," exclaimed O-lo-a, "what has happened? You look as
terrified as the doe for which you were named!"
"O Princess of Pal-ul-don," cried Pan-at-lee, "they would have killed
him in the temple. They would have killed the wondrous stranger
who claimed to be the Dor-ul-Otho."
"But he escaped," said O-lo-a. "You were there. Tell me about it.
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