? ? ? ? The girl bowed her head. There was a question she wanted to ask, but it seemed almost sacrilegious in the face of the love of these two men and the terrible suffering they had endured while she sat laughing and happy beside a godlike creature of the forest, eating delicious fruits and looking with eyes of love into answering eyes.
? ? ? ? But love is a strange master, and human nature is still stranger, so she asked her question.
? ? ? ? "Where is the forest man who went to rescue you? Why did he not return?"
? ? ? ? "I do not understand," said Clayton. "Whom do you mean?"
? ? ? ? "He who has saved each of us--who saved me from the gorilla."
? ? ? ? "Oh," cried Clayton, in surprise. "It was he who rescued you? You have not told me anything of your adventure, you know.
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