That he was bound and helpless
lessened not the German's terror--he seemed not to realize that
the man could not harm him. He but stood cringing and jibbering
and Lu-don saw and was filled with apprehension that others might
see and seeing realize that this bewhiskered idiot was no god--that
of the two Tarzan-jad-guru was the more godly figure. Already the
high priest noted that some of the palace warriors standing near
were whispering together and pointing. He stepped closer to Obergatz.
"You are Jad-ben-Otho," he whispered, "denounce him!"
The German shook himself. His mind cleared of all but his great
terror and the words of the high priest gave him the clue to safety.
"I am Jad-ben-Otho!" he screamed.
Tarzan looked him straight in the eye. "You are Lieutenant Obergatz
of the German Army," he said in excellent German. "You are the
last of the three I have sought so long and in your putrid heart
you know that God has not brought us together at last for nothing."
The mind of Lieutenant Obergatz was functioning clearly and rapidly
at last. He too saw the questioning looks upon the faces of some
of those around them. He saw the opposing warriors of both cities
standing by the gate inactive, every eye turned upon him, and the
trussed figure of the ape-man. He realized that indecision now meant
ruin, and ruin, death.
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