"If I were sheykh, now," suggested Tollog, "but alas I am not."
"If you were sheykh, what then?"
"My niece would go to the man of my own choosing."
"But you are not sheykh," Fahd reminded him.
Tollog leaned close and whispered in Fahd's ear. "A suitor as bold as Zeyd would find the way to make me sheykh."
Fahd made no reply but only rode on in silence, his head bowed and his brows contracted in thought.
CHAPTER III
The Apes of Toyat
Three days crawled slowly out of the east and followed one another across the steaming jungle and over the edge of the world beyond. For three days the 'Aarab moved slowly northward toward el-Habash. For three days Tarzan of the Apes lay in the little clearing, bound and helpless, while Tantor the elephant stood guard above him. Once each day the great bull brought the ape-man food and water.