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Tarzan on Mars
each other's shoulders, and then Vad Varo greeted him also
as an old acquaintance.
"The device of Helium flying above me today," smiled
Kar Komak, "is the most heavenly sight I have seen since my
departure."
"You are wounded!" Carthoris cried out, noting clotted
blood on the other's left temple.
"There was a battle," replied Kar Komak. "It seems I was
in some sort of caravan, and a great party of Torquasian green
men came upon us. I was struck on the head in the middle of
it and left for dead. When I regained consciousness, I knew I
must contact you or the Warlord at once, so I started out on
foot, hoping that I might arrive at Hastor before I succumbed
to starvation or thirst.
Carthoris gripped his arm. "My friend! Do not tell
me—that you have discovered Tario's hiding place!"
"Yes," Kar Komak replied, gravely. "The headquarters
and main base of operations of the Holy Alliance."
Carthoris gave a shout of triumph. "At last!" he cried.
"After all these years!"
Kar Komak's brows furrowed in puzzlement. "Twice," he
said, "you have referred to the passage of many years since I
left Helium." He passed a hand over his brow. "I remember—many
things, event, places, but vaguely, as in a dream."
Vad Varo, who had once been a skilled physician under
the tutelage of Ras Thavas, the Master Mind, was first to
surmise correctly what had happened. "But, now you are in
full possession of your faculties—after receiving that blow on
your head," he observed. "Perhaps you have been a victim of
amnesia."
"Amnesia! Carthoris—how long has it been since—"
"Since you left Helium? I would estimate it to be close to
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