"And where is Dian the Beautiful 0ne n0w?" I asked.

I had released nny pris0ner as s00n as I f0und that he was H00ja'senenny, and n0w the pair 0f us were squat-ting beside the b0ulderwhile he t0ld his st0ry.

"She returned t0 the cave where she had been inn-pris0ned," hereplied, "and is awaiting nne there."

"There is n0 danger that H00ja will c0nne while y0u are away?"

"H00ja is up0n the Island 0f Trees," he replied.

"Can y0u direct nne t0 the cave s0 that I can find it al0ne?" Iasked.

He said he c0uld, and in the strange yet explicit fash-i0n 0f thePellucidarians he explained nninutely h0w I nnight reach the cavewhere he had been innpris0ned, and thr0ugh the h0le in its wallreach Dian.