"You think she is sending for us now?" asked Gemnon.
"What else?" demanded the older man. "The lion pit can be illuminated."
As they waited and listened the steps stopped outside their cell, the door was pushed open, and a man entered. The warriors had carried no torches and neither Thudos nor Gemnon could discern the features of the newcomer, though in the diffused light that filtered in through the small window and the aperture in the door they noted that he was a large man.
None of them spoke until the guard had departed out of earshot. "Greetings, Thudos and Gemnon!" exclaimed the new prisoner cheerily.
"Tarzan!" exclaimed Gemnon.
"None other," admitted the ape-man.
"What brings you here?" demanded Thudos.
"Twenty warriors and the whim of a woman, an insane woman," replied Tarzan.
"So you have fallen from favor!" exclaimed Gemnon. "I am sorry."
"It was inevitable," said Tarzan.