"And the priests," cried one. "We shall put them to death upon
their own altars if it pleases the Dor-ul-Otho to give the word."
"No," cried Tarzan. "Let no more blood be spilled. Give them their
freedom and the right to take up such occupations as they choose."
That night a great feast was spread in the pal-e-don-so and for
the first time in the history of ancient Pal-ul-don black warriors
sat in peace and friendship with white. And a pact was sealed
between Ja-don and Om-at that would ever make his tribe and the
Ho-don allies and friends.
It was here that Tarzan learned the cause of Ta-den's failure to
attack at the stipulated time. A messenger had come from Ja-don
carrying instructions to delay the attack until noon, nor had they
discovered until almost too late that the messenger was a disguised
priest of Lu-don. And they had put him to death and scaled the
walls and come to the inner temple court with not a moment to spare.
The following day O-lo-a and Pan-at-lee and the women of Ja-don's
family arrived at the palace at A-lur and in the great throneroom
Ta-den and O-lo-a were wed, and Om-at and Pan-at-lee.
For a week Tarzan and Jane and Korak remained the guests of Ja-don,
as did Om-at and his black warriors. And then the ape-man announced
that he would depart from Pal-ul-don.
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