"
"Ah, but this unhappiness will come, and for all the tomorrows
of my life I must pine in misery for the Ta-den who will never be
mine."
"But for Lu-don I might have helped you," said the ape-man. "And
who knows that I may not help you yet?"
"Ah, if you only could, Dor-ul-Otho," cried the girl, "and I know
that you would if it were possible for Pan-at-lee has told me how
brave you are, and at the same time how kind."
"Only Jad-ben-Otho knows what the future may bring," said Tarzan.
"And now you two go your way lest someone should discover you and
become suspicious."
"We will go," said O-lo-a, "but Pan-at-lee will return with food.
I hope that you escape and that Jad-ben-Otho is pleased with what
I have done." She turned and walked away and Pan-at-lee followed
while the ape-man again resumed his hiding.
At dusk Pan-at-lee came with food and having her alone Tarzan put
the question that he had been anxious to put since his conversation
earlier in the day with O-lo-a.
"Tell me," he said, "what you know of the rumors of which O-lo-a
spoke of the mysterious stranger which is supposed to be hidden in
A-lur. Have you too heard of this during the short time that you
have been here?"
"Yes," said Pan-at-lee, "I have heard it spoken of among the other
slaves. It is something of which all whisper among themselves but
of which none dares to speak aloud.
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