? ? ? ? The bullet had struck a glancing blow upon the skull. There was an ugly flesh wound, but no signs of a fracture of the skull.
? ? ? ? D'Arnot breathed a sigh of relief, and went about bathing the blood from Tarzan's face.
? ? ? ? Soon the cool water revived him, and presently he opened his eyes to look in questioning surprise at D'Arnot.
? ? ? ? The latter had bound the wound with pieces of cloth, and as he saw that Tarzan had regained consciousness he arose and going to the table wrote a message, which he handed to the ape-man, explaining the terrible mistake he had made and how thankful he was that the wound was not more serious.
? ? ? ? Tarzan, after reading the message, sat on the edge of the couch and laughed.
? ? ? ? "It is nothing," he said in French, and then, his vocabulary failing him, he wrote:
? ? ? ? You should have seen what Bolgani did to me, and Kerchak, and Terkoz, before I killed them--then you would laugh at such a little scratch.
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