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Tarzan on Mars
recognize Kar Komak, for, at their last meeting the Lotharian
had been disguised as a red panthan.
"Which of you is he who calls himself Tharos Pthan?" he
bellowed. Behind him crowded the well equipped warriors of
the Holy Alliance, red man and black First Born alike, who
displayed a mixture of curiosity and wariness, not knowing
what to expect of the rumor that they might, indeed, be face
to face with prophetic fulfillment—in spite of Tario's claim to
the title of Tharos Pthan.
Tarzan and Kar Komak glanced swiftly at each other, as
though to say, "What of the subterfuge of meekness now?"
Then, quietly, the apeman turned to face this creature
the like of which he had never seen before, who towered
several feet above him, leering like some mythical Cyclops
with his one great eye in the middle of his synthetic face.
"I am he," he replied.
* * *
La rode in a cushioned palanquin which hung suspended
between the shoulders of two great white apes. On either
side of her were more apes, as well as mounted green men,
bearing torches. Ahead were hundreds of moving torches
borne by green men, red men and apes. Behind was an apparently
endless train of torch-bearing men of all races and sizes
and shapes, mounted or afoot. All of them moved in comparative
silence through the long, winding caverns of subterranean
Iss, through regions which had remained unvisited for
millennia of time save for the exploratory journeys of Va
Caraways, who now led the way to Tarnath and the legendary
Rock of Oracles.
La had only a vague idea of the number of her motley
forces, yet she sensed the growing power they represented.
She had identified herself with this power and now she moved
forward with it, at last pervaded by an awareness of great
purpose and destiny. That the motivations which attracted
these swiftly growing numbers to her now were not all based
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