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28 - Conclusion · Tarzan of the Apes

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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty eight conclusion. At the sight of Jane, cries
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  Speaker 1: of relief and delight broke from every lip, and as
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  Speaker 1: Tarzan's car stopped beside the other, Professor Porter caught his
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  Speaker 1: daughter in his arms. For a moment no one noticed Tarzan,
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  Speaker 1: sitting silently in his seat. Clayton was the first to remember,
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  Speaker 1: and turning, held out his hand. How can we ever
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  Speaker 1: thank you, he exclaimed, You have saved us all. You
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  Speaker 1: call me by name at the cottage, but I do
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  Speaker 1: not seem to recall yours. Though there is something very
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  Speaker 1: familiar about you. It is as though I had known
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  Speaker 1: you well, under very different conditions a long time ago.
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  Speaker 1: Tarzan smiled as he took the proffered hand. You are
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  Speaker 1: quite right, Monsieur Clayton, he said, in French. You will
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  Speaker 1: pardon me if I do not speak to you in English.
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  Speaker 1: I am just learning it, and while I understand it
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  Speaker 1: fairly well, well, I speak it very poorly. But who
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  Speaker 1: are you, insisted Clayton, speaking in French, this time himself
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  Speaker 1: Tarzan of the Apes. Clayton started back in surprise. By jove,
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  Speaker 1: he exclaimed, it is true, and Professor Porter and mister
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  Speaker 1: Falander pressed forward to add their thanks to Clayton's and
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  Speaker 1: to voice their surprise and pleasure at seeing their jungle
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  Speaker 1: friend so far from his savage home. The party now
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  Speaker 1: entered the modest little hostelry, where Clayton soon made arrangements
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  Speaker 1: for their entertainment. They were sitting in the little stuffy
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  Speaker 1: parlor when the distant chugging of an approaching automobile caught
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  Speaker 1: their attention. Mister Falander, who was sitting near the window,
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  Speaker 1: looked out as the car drew in sight, finally stopping
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  Speaker 1: beside the other automobiles. Bless me, said mister Falander, a
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  Speaker 1: shade of annoyance in his tone. It is mister Candler.
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  Speaker 1: I had hoped. I had thought of, Oh, how very
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  Speaker 1: happy we should be that he was not caught in
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  Speaker 1: the fire. He ended lamely. Tut tut, mister Flander, said,
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  Speaker 1: Professor Porter tut tut. I have often admonished my pupils
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  Speaker 1: to count ten before speaking. Where are you, mister Falander?
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  Speaker 1: I should count at least a thousand, and then maintain
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  Speaker 1: a discreet silence. Bless me, yes, acquiesced mister Falander. But
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  Speaker 1: who is the clerical of pearing gentlemen with him? Jane blanched.
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  Speaker 1: Clayton moved uneasily in his chair. Professor Porter removed his
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  Speaker 1: spectacles nervously and breathed upon them, but replaced them on
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  Speaker 1: his nose without wiping the ubiquitous as Morella grunted. Only
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  Speaker 1: Tarzan did not comprehend. Presently, Robert Candler burst into the room.
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  Speaker 1: Thank God, he cried. I feared the worst until I
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  Speaker 1: saw your car, Clayton. I was cut off on the
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  Speaker 1: south road and had to go away back to town
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  Speaker 1: and then strike east to this road. I thought we'd
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  Speaker 1: never reached the cottage. No one seemed to enthuse much.
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  Speaker 1: Tarzan eyed Robert Candler as Saber isyer prey. Jane glanced
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  Speaker 1: at him and coughed nervously. Mister Candler, she said, this
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  Speaker 1: is Monsieur Tarzan, an old friend. Candler turned and extended
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  Speaker 1: his hand. Tarzan rose and bowed as only d'arnaux could
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  Speaker 1: have taught a gentleman to do it. But he did
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  Speaker 1: not seem to see Candler's hand, nor did Candler appear
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  Speaker 1: to notice the oversight. This is the reverend, mister Tusley, Jane,
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  Speaker 1: said Candler, turning to the clerical party behind him. Mister Toosley,
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  Speaker 1: Miss Porter. Mister Tosley bowed and beamed. Candler introduced him
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  Speaker 1: to the others. We can have the ceremony at once, Jane,
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  Speaker 1: said Candler. Then you and I can catch the midnight
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  Speaker 1: train in town. Tarzan understood the plan instantly. He glanced
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  Speaker 1: out of half closed eyes at Jane, but he did
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  Speaker 1: not move. The girl hesitated. The room was tense, with
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  Speaker 1: the silence of taut nerves. All eyes turned toward Jane,
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  Speaker 1: awaiting her reply. Can we wait a few days? She asked?
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  Speaker 1: I am all unstrung. I have been through so much
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  Speaker 1: to day. Candler felt the hostility that emanated from each
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  Speaker 1: member of the party. It made him angry. We have
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  Speaker 1: waited as long as I intend to wait, he said, roughly.
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  Speaker 1: You have promised to marry me. I shall be played
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  Speaker 1: with no longer. I have the license. And here is
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  Speaker 1: the preacher. Come mister Tewsley, Come Jane. There are plenty
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  Speaker 1: of witnesses, more than enough, he added, with a disagreeable inflection,
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  Speaker 1: and taking Jane Porter by the arm, he started to
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  Speaker 1: lead her toward the waiting minister, but scarcely had he
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  Speaker 1: taken a single step, ere a heavy hand closed upon
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  Speaker 1: his arm with a grip of steel. Another hand shot
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  Speaker 1: to his throat, and in a moment he was being
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  Speaker 1: shaken high above the floor as a cat might shake
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  Speaker 1: a mouse. Jane turned in horrified surprise toward Tarzan, and
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  Speaker 1: as she looked into his face, she saw the crimson
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  Speaker 1: band upon his forehead that she had seen that other
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  Speaker 1: day in far distant Africa, when Tarzan of the Apes
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  Speaker 1: had closed in mortal combat with a great anthropoid Torcose.
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  Speaker 1: She knew that murder lay in that savage heart, and
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  Speaker 1: with a little cry of horror, she sprang forward to
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  Speaker 1: plead with the Ape man. But her fears were more
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  Speaker 1: for Tarzan than for Candler. She realized the stern retribution
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  Speaker 1: which justice meets to the murderer. Before she could reach them, however,
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  Speaker 1: Clayton had jumped to Tarzan's side and attempted to drag
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  Speaker 1: Candler from his grasp. With a single sweep of one
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  Speaker 1: mighty arm, the Englishman was hurled across the room, and
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  Speaker 1: then Jane laid a firm white hand upon Tarzan's wrist
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  Speaker 1: and looked up into his eyes. For my sake, she said,
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  Speaker 1: the grasp upon Candler's throat relaxed Tarzan looked down into
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  Speaker 1: the beautiful face before him. Do you wish this to live?
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  Speaker 1: He asked, in surprise. I do not wish him to
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  Speaker 1: die at your hands, my friend, she replied, I do
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  Speaker 1: not wish you to become a murderer. Tarzan removed his
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  Speaker 1: hand from Candler's throat. Do you release her from her promise?
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  Speaker 1: He asked, It is the price of your life. Candler,
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  Speaker 1: gasping for breath, nodded, Will you go away and never
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  Speaker 1: molest her further? Again? The man nodded his head, his
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  Speaker 1: face distorted by fear of the death that had been
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  Speaker 1: so close. Tarzan released him, and Candor staggered toward the door.
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  Speaker 1: In another moment, he was gone, and the terror stricken
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  Speaker 1: preacher with him. Tarzan turned toward Jane. May I speak
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  Speaker 1: with you for a moment alone, he asked. The girl
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  Speaker 1: nodded and started toward the door leading to the narrow
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  Speaker 1: veranda of the little hotel. She passed out to await Tarzan,
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  Speaker 1: and so did not hear the conversation which followed. Wait,
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  Speaker 1: cried Professor Porter as Tarzan was about to follow. The
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  Speaker 1: professor had been stricken dumb with surprise by the rapid
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  Speaker 1: developments of the past few minutes. Before we go further, Sir,
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  Speaker 1: I should like an explanation of the events which have
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  Speaker 1: just transpired. By what right, sir, did you interfere between
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  Speaker 1: my daughter and mister Candler. I had promised him her hand, Sir,
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  Speaker 1: and regardless of our personal likes or dislikes, Sir, that
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  Speaker 1: promise must be kept, I interfered. Professor Porter replied Tarzan.
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  Speaker 1: Because your daughter does not love mister Candler, she does
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  Speaker 1: not wish to marry him. That is enough for me
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  Speaker 1: to know. You do not know what you have done,
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  Speaker 1: said Professor Porter. Now he will doubtless refuse to marry her.
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  Speaker 1: He most certainly will, said Tarzan emphatically, and further added Tarzan,
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  Speaker 1: you need not fear that your pride will suffer, Professor Porter,
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  Speaker 1: for you will be able to pay the Candler person
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  Speaker 1: what you owe him the moment you reach home. Tut tut, sir,
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  Speaker 1: exclaimed Professor Porter. What do you mean, sir, Your treasure
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  Speaker 1: has been found, said Tarzan. What what is that? You
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  Speaker 1: will say? Cried the professor. You are madman. It cannot be.
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  Speaker 1: It is though it was I who stole it, not
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  Speaker 1: knowing either its value or to whom it belonged. I
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  Speaker 1: saw the sailors bury it and ape like I had
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  Speaker 1: to dig it up and bury it again elsewhere. When
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  Speaker 1: Darnault told me what it was and what it meant
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  Speaker 1: to you, I returned to the jungle and recovered it.
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  Speaker 1: It had caused so much crime and suffering and sorrow
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  Speaker 1: that Darnault thought it best not to attempt to bring
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  Speaker 1: the treasure itself on here, as had been my intention.
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  Speaker 1: So I have brought a letter of credit instead. Here
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  Speaker 1: it is, Professor Porter. And Tarzan drew an envelope from
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  Speaker 1: his pocket and handed it to the astonished professor two
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  Speaker 1: hundred and forty one thousand dollars. The treasure was most
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  Speaker 1: carefully appraised by experts, But lest there should be any
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  Speaker 1: question in your mind, d'arnault himself bought it and his
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  Speaker 1: holding it for you. Should you prefer the treasure to
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  Speaker 1: the credit, to the already great burden of the obligations
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  Speaker 1: we owe you, sir, said Professor Porter, with trembling voice.
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  Speaker 1: Is now added this greatest of all services you have
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  Speaker 1: given me, the means to save my honor. Clayton, who
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  Speaker 1: had left the room a moment after Candler, now returned
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  Speaker 1: pardon me, he said, I think we had better try
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  Speaker 1: to reach town before dark and take the first train
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  Speaker 1: out of this forest. A native just rode by from
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  Speaker 1: the north, who reports that the fire is moving slowly
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  Speaker 1: in this direction. This announcement broke up further conversation, and
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  Speaker 1: the entire party went out to the waiting automobiles. Clayton,
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  Speaker 1: with Jane, the Professor and Absmeralda occupied Clayton's car, while
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  Speaker 1: Tarzan took mister Flander in with him. Bless me, exclaimed
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  Speaker 1: mister Flander, as the car moved off after Clayton. Who
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  Speaker 1: would ever have thought it possible? The last time I
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  Speaker 1: saw you, you were a veritable wild man skipping about
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  Speaker 1: among the branches of a tropical African forest, and now
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  Speaker 1: you are driving me along a Wisconsin road in a
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  Speaker 1: French automobile. Bless me, but it is most remarkable, yes,
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  Speaker 1: assented Tarzan. And then, after a pause, mister Falander, do
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  Speaker 1: you recall any of the details of the finding and
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  Speaker 1: bearing of three skeletons found in my cabin beside that
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  Speaker 1: African jungle? Very distinctly, sir, very distinctly, replied mister Falander.
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  Speaker 1: Was there anything peculiar about any of those skeletons, mister Falander,
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  Speaker 1: eyed Tarzan narrowly. Why do you ask? It means a
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  Speaker 1: great deal to me to know, replied Tarzan. Your answer
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  Speaker 1: may clear up a mystery. It can do no worse,
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  Speaker 1: at any rate than to leave it still a mystery.
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  Speaker 1: I have been entertaining a theory concerning those skeletons for
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  Speaker 1: the past two months, and I want you to answer
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  Speaker 1: my question. To the best of your knowledge. Were the
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  Speaker 1: three skeletons you buried all human skeletons, No, said mister Falander.
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  Speaker 1: The smallest one, the one found in the crib, was
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  Speaker 1: the skeleton of an anthropoid ape. Thank you, said Tarzan.
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  Speaker 1: In the car ahead, Jane was thinking fast and furiously.
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  Speaker 1: She had felt the purpose for which Tarzan had asked
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  Speaker 1: a few words with her, and she knew that she
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  Speaker 1: must be prepared to give him an answer in the
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  Speaker 1: very near future. He was not the sort of person
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  Speaker 1: one could put off, and somehow that very thought made
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  Speaker 1: her wonder if she did not really fear him, and
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  Speaker 1: could she love where she feared? She realized the spell
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  Speaker 1: that had been upon her in the depths of that
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  Speaker 1: far off jungle, But there was no spell of enchantment
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  Speaker 1: now in prosaic Wisconsin. Nor did the immaculate young Frenchman
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  Speaker 1: appeal to the primal woman in her as had the
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  Speaker 1: stalwart forest God. Did she love him? She did not know.
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  Speaker 1: Now she glanced at Clayton out of the corner of
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  Speaker 1: her eye. Was not here a man trained in the
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  Speaker 1: same school of environment in which she had been trained,
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  Speaker 1: A man with social position and culture such as she
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  Speaker 1: had been taught to consider as the prime essentials to
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  Speaker 1: a congenial association. Did not her best judgment point to
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  Speaker 1: this young English noblemen, whose love she knew to be
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  Speaker 1: of the sort a civilized woman should crave as the
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  Speaker 1: logical mate for such as herself. Could she love Clayton?
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  Speaker 1: She could see no reason why she could not. Jane
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  Speaker 1: was not coldly calculating by nature, but training, environment, and
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  Speaker 1: heredity at all combined to teach her to reason even
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  Speaker 1: in matters of the heart. That she had been carried
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  Speaker 1: off her feet by the strength of the young giant
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  Speaker 1: when his great arms were about her in the distant
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  Speaker 1: African forest, and again today in the Wisconsin woods seemed
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  Speaker 1: to her only attributable to a temporary mental reversion to
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  Speaker 1: type on her part, to the psychological appeal of the
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  Speaker 1: primeval man to the primeval woman in her nature. If
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  Speaker 1: he should never touch her again, she reasoned, she would
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  Speaker 1: never feel attracted toward him. She had not loved him then,
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  Speaker 1: it had been nothing more than a passing hallucination superinduced
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  Speaker 1: by excitement and by personal contact. Excitement would not always
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  Speaker 1: mark their future relations should she marry him, and the
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  Speaker 1: power of personal contact eventually would be dulled by familiarity. Again,
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  Speaker 1: she glanced at Clayton. He was very handsome and every
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  Speaker 1: inch a gentleman. She should be very proud of such
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  Speaker 1: a husband. And then he spoke. A minute sooner or
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  Speaker 1: a minute later might have made all the difference in
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  Speaker 1: the world to three lives. But chance stepped in and
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  Speaker 1: pointed out to Clayton the psychological moment. You are free now, Jane,
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  Speaker 1: he said, won't you say yes? I will devote my
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  Speaker 1: life to making you very happy. Yes, she whispered. That
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  Speaker 1: evening in the little waiting room at the station, Tarzan
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  Speaker 1: caught Jane alone for a moment. You are free now, Jane,
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  Speaker 1: he said, And I have come across the ages, out
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  Speaker 1: of the dim and distant past, from the lair of
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  Speaker 1: a primeval man. To claim you. For your sake. I
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  Speaker 1: have become a civilized man for your sake. I have
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  Speaker 1: crossed oceans and continents for your sake. I will be
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  Speaker 1: whatever you will me to be. I can make you happy, Jane,
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  Speaker 1: in the life you know and love best. Will you
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  Speaker 1: marry me? For the first time, she realized the depths
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  Speaker 1: of the man's love, all that he had accomplished in
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  Speaker 1: so short a time solely for love of her. Turning
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  Speaker 1: her head, she buried her face in her arms. What
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  Speaker 1: had she done? Because she had been afraid she might
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  Speaker 1: succumb to the please of this giant, She had burned
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  Speaker 1: her bridges behind her in her groundless apprehension that she
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  Speaker 1: might make a terrible mistake. She had made a worse one.
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  Speaker 1: And then she told him all told him the truth,
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  Speaker 1: word by word, without attempting to shield herself or condone
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  Speaker 1: her error. What can we do, he asked, You have
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  Speaker 1: admitted that you love me. You know that I love you,
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  Speaker 1: But I do not know the ethics of society by
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  Speaker 1: which you are governed. I shall leave the decision to you,
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  Speaker 1: for you know best what will be for your eventual welfare.
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  Speaker 1: I cannot tell him Tarzan, She said, he too loves me,
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  Speaker 1: and he is a good man. I could never face you,
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  Speaker 1: nor any other honest person if I repudiated my promise
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  Speaker 1: to mister Clayton. We shall have to keep it, and
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  Speaker 1: you must help me bear the burden, though we may
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  Speaker 1: not see each other again after tonight. The others were
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  Speaker 1: entering the room now, and Tarzan turned toward the little window,
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  Speaker 1: but he saw nothing outside. Within he saw a patch
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  Speaker 1: of greensward, surrounded by a matted mass of gorgeous tropical
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  Speaker 1: plants and flowers, and above the waving foliage of mighty trees,
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  Speaker 1: and overall the blue of an equatorial sky. In the
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  Speaker 1: center of the greensward, a young woman sat upon a
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  Speaker 1: little mound of earth, and beside her sat a young giant.
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  Speaker 1: They ate pleasant fruit and looked into each other's eyes
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  Speaker 1: and smiled. They were very happy, and they were all alone.
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  Speaker 1: His thoughts were broken in upon by the station agent,
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  Speaker 1: who entered, asking if there was a gentleman by the
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  Speaker 1: name of Tarzan and the party. I am Messieur Tarzan,
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  Speaker 1: said the ape man. Here is a message for you,
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  Speaker 1: forward him from Baltimore. It is a cablegram from Paris.
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  Speaker 1: Tarzan took the envelope and toward open. The message was
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  Speaker 1: from Darnault. It read fingerprints prove you Greystoke. Congratulations Darneault.
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  Speaker 1: As Tarzan finished reading, Clayton entered and came toward him
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  Speaker 1: with extended hand. Here was the man who had Tarzan's
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  Speaker 1: title and Tarzan's estates, and was going to marry the
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  Speaker 1: woman whom Tarzan loved, the woman who loved Tarzan. A
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  Speaker 1: single word from Tarzan would make a great difference in
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  Speaker 1: this man's life. It would take away his title, and
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  Speaker 1: his lands and his castles, and it would take them
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  Speaker 1: away from Jane Porter. Also, I say, old man, cried Clayton.
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  Speaker 1: I haven't had a chance to thank you for all
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  Speaker 1: you've done for us. It seems as though you had
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  Speaker 1: your hands full, sayaving our lives in Africa. And here.
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  Speaker 1: I'm awfully glad you came on here. We must get
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  Speaker 1: better acquainted. I often thought about you, you know, and
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  Speaker 1: the remarkable circumstances of your environment. If it's any of
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  Speaker 1: my business, how the devil did you ever get into
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  Speaker 1: that valley jungle? I was born there, said Tarzan quietly.
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  Speaker 1: My mother was an ape, and of course she couldn't
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  Speaker 1: tell me much about it. I never knew who my
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  Speaker 1: father was. And of chapter and of book