"Lie still," he advised, "I shall not harm you."
"Ods blud!" cried the black. "What manner of creature be thou?"
"One who will not harm you if you will tell him the truth," replied Tarzan.
"What wouldst thou know?" demanded the black.
"A white man came this way many weeks ago. Where is he?"
"Thou speakest of Sir James?" asked the soldier.
"Sir James!" mused Tarzan and then he recollected that Blake's first name was James. "His name was James," he replied, "James Blake."
"Verily, 'tis the same," said the soldier.
"You have seen him? Where is he now?"
"He be defending the honor of Our Lord Jesus and the Knights of Nimmr in the Great Tourney in the lists upon the plain below the city, and have ye come to wreak dispite upon our good Sir James thou wilt find many doughty knights and men-at-arms who wilt take up the gage in his behalf."