They moved in leisurely fashion
with an eye to comfort and safety, for the ape-man, now that he
had found his mate, was determined to court no chance that might
again separate them, or delay or prevent their escape from Pal-ul-don.
How they were to recross the morass was a matter of little concern
to him as yet--it would be time enough to consider that matter when
it became of more immediate moment. Their hours were filled with
the happiness and content of reunion after long separation; they
had much to talk of, for each had passed through many trials and
vicissitudes and strange adventures, and no important hour might
go unaccounted for since last they met.
It was Tarzan's intention to choose a way above A-lur and the
scattered Ho-don villages below it, passing about midway between
them and the mountains, thus avoiding, in so far as possible, both
the Ho-don and Waz-don, for in this area lay the neutral territory
that was uninhabited by either. Thus he would travel northwest
until opposite the Kor-ul-ja where he planned to stop to pay his
respects to Om-at and give the gund word of Pan-at-lee, and a plan
Tarzan had for insuring her safe return to her people. It was upon
the third day of their journey and they had almost reached the
river that passes through A-lur when Jane suddenly clutched Tarzan's
arm and pointed ahead toward the edge of a forest that they were
approaching.
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