"But—" chattered a shrill and jubilant voice from the doorway—"it will not be necessary to do that, my Lord Ramaíya!"
Ramey whirled to look into the grinning face of the ape-captain, Kohrisan.
"Eh? What's that, Captain? Why not?"
"Because," declared the furry warrior staunchly, "I have won us new allies and found a better way. We will walk to the Isle of Lanka!"
CHAPTER XVI
Invasion
"Walk there!" The blue lord of Chitrakuta stared at his small captain confusedly. "Kohrisan, what mean you?"