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Tarzan on Mars
and we could only surmise that he had perished at the hands
of the terrible creatures which inhabit the subterranean
worlds of the dead through which he wandered.
"It is only now, in this moment, that he has returned to
us."
At there end of this explanation, the tremendous green
warrior turned and placed a giant hand on Var Koros's shoulder.
The latter smiled faintly, distracted by the mystery which
La appeared to represent. He was about to speak to her when
she interrupted with a significant statement.
"Your return, Var Koros, indicates you must have
survived your adventures," she said to him. "But it also might
indicate that you found your Rock of Oracles at last. Is this
true?"
"This is a subject which I should like to reserve for
careful discussion later," he replied, cautiously. "But first, I
believe we should do you the honor of receiving you properly.
I do not know what caused the encounter I witnessed here,
but surely it must have been the result of some misunderstanding.
Your strange forces would have no cause to attack
such an unfortunate community as this. Who are you?"
La gazed back at the aged scholar, meeting his eyes with
a presentiment of something indefinable yet significant, to
her. The hardness of her features softened slightly, but only
for a moment.
"I am La," she answered, finally, "and in this world I am
called the Goddess of the Sun."
Var Karos' brows raised slightly. "And were you called by
another name in some other world?" he asked, mildly.
Some of the Lost People were beginning to look at La
with mixed expressions of doubt and wonderment, though
they did not correctly divine her meaning.
"And what was the cause of your conflict her?" asked Var
Koros.
La shrugged. "Who can control a green savage of the sea
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