Loosening this, he unfold the noose upon the ground behind him, and with a fast movement of his wrist tossed the coils over one of many sharpened projections of the summit of the palisade. Patiently he waited till the streets were deserted by all save the sentries on the gates, then he dropped evenly to the ground, circled to the opposite facet of the village and approached the palisade. They threatened him with bludgeon and knife until eventually he acquiesced of their demands, although sullenly, and then Tarzan stepped close before Cadj. Tarzan will go once more to Opar before the next rains and if hurt has befallen La, woe betide Cadj, the High Priest. Sullenly Cadj promised to not harm his queen. They rushed ahead and seized Cadj. But just a few marches towards the north Lady Greystoke looked forward to the day when her mighty lord and master ought to discover the crime of Achmet Zek, and be rushing to rescue and avenge, and even as she pictured the coming of John Clayton, the article of her ideas squatted almost naked, beside a fallen log, beneath which he was looking with grimy fingers for a chance beetle or a luscious grub.
