Even though I am a
princess Lu-don might demand that I be sacrificed to appease the
wrath of Jad-ben-Otho, and between the two of them I should be
lost."
"But they need never know," cried Pan-at-lee, "that you have seen
him unless you tell them yourself for as Jad-ben-Otho is my witness
I will never betray you."
"Oh, tell me, stranger," implored O-lo-a, "are you indeed a god?"
"Jad-ben-Otho is not more so," replied Tarzan truthfully.
"But why do you seek to escape then from the hands of mortals if
you are a god?" she asked.
"When gods mingle with mortals," replied Tarzan, "they are no less
vulnerable than mortals. Even Jad-ben-Otho, should he appear before
you in the flesh, might be slain."
"You have seen Ta-den and spoken with him?" she asked with apparent
irrelevancy.
"Yes, I have seen him and spoken with him," replied the ape-man.
"For the duration of a moon I was with him constantly."
"And--" she hesitated--"he--" she cast her eyes toward the ground
and a flush mantled her cheek--"he still loves me?" and Tarzan knew
that she had been won over.
"Yes," he said, "Ta-den speaks only of O-lo-a and he waits and
hopes for the day when he can claim her."
"But tomorrow they give me to Bu-lot," she said sadly.
"May it be always tomorrow," replied Tarzan, "for tomorrow never
comes.
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