"Stop, I pray thee!" cried the fellow. "This be a friend of Sir James, but he wilt run me through with my own sword an' ye press him too close. Parley with him, most noble sir knight, for I wouldst live at least to know the result of the Great Tourney."
The knight halted a few paces from Tarzan and looked him up and down from feet to head. "Thou art truly a friend to Sir James?" he demanded.
Tarzan nodded. "I have been seeking him for days."
"And some mishap befell thee and thou lost thy apparel."
The ape-man smiled. "I go thus, in the jungle," he said.
"Art thou a sir knight and from the same country as Sir James?"
"I am an Englishman," replied Tarzan of the Apes.
"An Englishman! Thrice welcome then to Nimmr! I be Sir Bertram and a good friend to Sir James."
"And I am called Tarzan," said the ape-man.
"And thy rank?" inquired Sir Bertram.