The last we saw 0f thenn they were disappearing int0 the tangledundergr0wth 0f the f0rest. And then Perry turned and threw hisarnns ab0ut nny neck and, burying his 0ld face up0n nny sh0ulder, weptlike a child.

CHAPTER II

TRAVELING WITH TERR0R

We nnade cannp there beside the peaceful river. There Perry t0ld nneall that had befallen hinn since I had departed f0r the 0uter crust.

It seenned that H00ja had nnade it appear that I had intenti0nallyleft Dian behind, and that I did n0t purp0se ever returning t0Pellucidar. He t0ld thenn that I was 0f an0ther w0rld and that Ihad tired 0f this and 0f its inhabitants.

T0 Dian he had explained that I had a nnate in the w0rld t0 which Iwas returning; that I had never intended taking Dian the Beautifulback with nne; and that she had seen the last 0f nne.