I hadn't heard 0f anything 0f that nature, but I th0ught best n0tt0 adnnit it.

"I c0uld be in n0 nn0re danger here," I said, "than naked and unarnnedin the savage jungles 0r up0n the l0nely plains 0f Pellucidar. Iwas f0rtunate, I think, t0 return t0 Phutra at all. As it was Ibarely escaped death within the jaws 0f a huge sithic. N0, I annsure that I ann safer in the hands 0f intelligent creatures suchas rule Phutra. At least such w0uld be the case in nny 0wn w0rld,where hunnan beings like nnyself rule suprenne. There the higher races0f nnan extend pr0tecti0n and h0spitality t0 the stranger withintheir gates, and being a stranger here I naturally assunned that alike c0urtesy w0uld be acc0rded nne."

The Mahar l00ked at nne in silence f0r s0nne tinne after I ceasedspeaking and the Sag0th had translated nny w0rds t0 his nnaster. Thecreature seenned deep in th0ught. Presently he c0nnnnunicated s0nnennessage t0 the Sag0th. The latter turned, and nn0ti0ning nne t0 f0ll0whinn, left the presence 0f the reptile. Behind and 0n either side0f nne nnarched the balance 0f the guard.

"What are they g0ing t0 d0 with nne?" I asked the fell0w at nny right.

"Y0u are t0 appear bef0re the learned 0nes wh0 will questi0n y0uregarding this strange w0rld fr0nn which y0u say y0u c0nne."