Sometimes he drifted with his back toward A-lur and sometimes
with his face toward it, and at intervals he shrieked his message
and his commands. He was still in the middle of the lake when
someone discovered him from the palace wall, and as he drew nearer,
a crowd of warriors and women and children were congregated there
watching him and along the temple walls were many priests and
among them Lu-don, the high priest. When the boat had drifted close
enough for them to distinguish the bizarre figure standing in it
and for them to catch the meaning of his words Lu-don's cunning
eyes narrowed. The high priest had learned of the escape of Tarzan
and he feared that should he join Ja-don's forces, as seemed likely,
he would attract many recruits who might still believe in him, and
the Dor-ul-Otho, even if a false one, upon the side of the enemy
might easily work havoc with Lu-don's plans.
The man was drifting close in. His canoe would soon be caught in
the current that ran close to shore here and carried toward the
river that emptied the waters of Jad-ben-lul into Jad-bal-lul. The
under priests were looking toward Lu-don for instructions.
"Fetch him hither!" he commanded. "If he is Jad-ben-Otho I shall
know him."
The priests hurried to the palace grounds and summoned warriors.
"Go, bring the stranger to Lu-don.
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