They weredetermined to do away with me, that Oah
might be HighPriestess and Cadj king of Opar.
They stepped back in terror, and simultaneously
they raisedtheir spears menacingly against him.
But where they get them I do not know, nor do they
ever tellus.
Are these all the questions that you wish to ask?
Nor can I catch any well-definedscent spoor, yet I am positive that someone is
following us.
And remember what I said, upon her safetyyour lives
depend. Then, said Tarzan, will you keep here for me my white sheuntil I return
again to your village?
She had no intention of sacrificing Tarzan,
butthis, of course, the sister of Oah did not know. Who is he, that you dare not
drive yourspears through him?
Forseveral minutes she paced to and fro in deep
thought, andthen, suddenly, she halted before Cadj. Fetch him here then, said La,
and as you value your lifesee that you tell no one. There are alreadytoo many
Gomangani in the world. Call them, he repeated, or go and fetch them.
They eyed her askanceand whispered among
themselves. But the Tarmangani is great, replied one of the others. So shereturned
to Cadj and repeated as nearly as she could recallit, all that La had said to
her.
If she says to leave the gold, well leave
it.
I am not asking you what you think of them,because
I do not care. That theywere negroes was tvident, but of a type entirely
unfamiliarto the ape-man. And so, the woman having said that she came from La,
Tarzanfollowed her willingly.
Fetch him here then, said La, and as you value your
lifesee that you tell no one.
If one ofem kills the hother therell be fewer to
split the swag,and ere we are n thats that. Whether I saved you orsacrificed you, it
had all been the same with me.
Farbetter will it be for you to have him for friend
than enemy.
Who is he, that you dare not drive yourspears
through him?
Manu, the monkey, overheard them plotting, and he
came to meand told me all that they would do. You have made me chief, and I amgoing
to run this from now on as I think best. I was right, he said, there is someone, or
something, notfar off.