? ? ? ? "Come," he added, "jump into my car, we must overtake your father, they are only a little way ahead."
? ? ? ? As they drove along, he said:
? ? ? ? "Then when you said in your note to Tarzan of the Apes that you loved another--you might have meant me?"
? ? ? ? "I might have," she answered, simply.
? ? ? ? "But in Baltimore--Oh, how I have searched for you--they told me you would possibly be married by now. That a man named Canler had come up here to wed you. Is that true?"
? ? ? ? "Yes."
? ? ? ? "Do you love him?"
? ? ? ? "No."
? ? ? ? "Do you love me?"
? ? ? ? She buried her face in her hands.
? ? ? ? "I am promised to another. I cannot answer you, Tarzan of the Apes," she cried.
? ? ? ? "You have answered. Now, tell me why you would marry one you do not love."
? ? ? ? "My father owes him money.
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