? ? ? ? La shook her head. "I never knew," she replied.
? ? ? ? Tarzan turned toward Werper and put the same question to him; but in the language of the great apes. The Belgian shook his head.
? ? ? ? "I do not understand that language," he said in French.
? ? ? ? Without effort, and apparently without realizing that he made the change, Tarzan repeated his question in French. Werper suddenly came to a full realization of the magnitude of the injury of which Tarzan was a victim. The man had lost his memory--no longer could he recollect past events. The Belgian was upon the point of enlightening him, when it suddenly occurred to him that by keeping Tarzan in ignorance, for a time at least, of his true identity, it might be possible to turn the ape-man's misfortune to his own advantage.
? ? ? ? "I cannot tell you from whence you came," he said; "but this I can tell you--if we do not get out of this horrible place we shall both be slain upon this bloody altar.
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