Enoch saw, when the explorer arose, that one of the latter’s ears was missing. The sight caused a shudder to pass through him. Might not his fate be a like one—or worse?
“I am sorry for you,” said Enoch.
Stolburst looked at his fellow prisoner in considerable surprise.
“You have no pity to expend upon anybody,” he said.
“Burt Cromwell is making every effort to relieve you from your present condition.”
“How do you know that?”
“He told me.”
“Are you friends?”
“Yes; when I heard you had fallen into the power of these wretches, I volunteered to help him find you,” answered Enoch.
Stolburst regarded his companion with suspicion. Deth stood at the farther end of the apartment, seemingly as immovable as a statue. Like Ashah, he was well acquainted with English, and comprehended the other’s conversation.