? ? ? ? And then he spoke--a minute sooner or a minute later might have made all the difference in the world to three lives --but chance stepped in and pointed out to Clayton the psychological moment.
? ? ? ? "You are free now, Jane," he said. "Won't you say yes--I will devote my life to making you very happy."
? ? ? ? "Yes," she whispered.
? ? ? ? That evening in the little waiting room at the station Tarzan caught Jane alone for a moment.
? ? ? ? "You are free now, Jane," he said, "and _I_ have come across the ages out of the dim and distant past from the lair of the primeval man to claim you--for your sake I have become a civilized man--for your sake I have crossed oceans and continents--for your sake I will be whatever you will me to be. I can make you happy, Jane, in the life you know and love best. Will you marry me?"
? ? ? ? For the first time she realized the depths of the man's love --all that he had accomplished in so short a time solely for love of her.
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