Part 8 (1/2)
”See that you omit no detail, and that you mention every name,”
cautioned Tarzan
Presently there was a knock at the door ”Enter,” said Tarzan
A dapper young man came in ”I am from the MATIN,” he announced ”I understand that Monsieur Rokoff has a story for me”
”Then you are mistaken, monsieur,” replied Tarzan ”You have no story for publication, have you,with an ugly scowl upon his face
”No,” he growled, ”I have no story for publication--now”
”Nor ever, ht in the ape-man's eye; but Nikolas Rokoff did
”Nor ever,” he repeated hastily
”It is too bad thatto the newspaper ,” and he bowed the dapper young man out of the room, and closed the door in his face
An hour later Tarzan, with a rather bulkyfrom Rokoff's room
”Were I you I should leave France,” he said, ”for sooner or later I shall find an excuse to kill you that will not in any way compromise your sister”
Chapter 6
A Duel
D'Arnot was asleep when Tarzan entered their apart Rokoff's Tarzan did not disturb his of the previous evening, ole detail
”What a fool I have been,” he concluded ”De Coude and his ere both my friends How have I returned their friendshi+p? Barely did I escape ood woman It is very probable that I have broken up a happy hoa de Coude?” asked D'Arnot
”Were I not positive that she does not love me I could not answer your question, Paul; but without disloyalty to her I tell you that I do not love her, nor does she love me For an instant ere the victims of a sudden madness--it was not love--and it would have left us, unharh De Coude had not returned As you know, I have had little experience of woht and the seductive surroundings, and the appeal of the defenseless for protection, ht have been resisted by a more civilized o deeper than my clothes
”Paris is no place for me I will but continue to stumble into more and more serious pitfalls The man-made restrictions are irksome I feel always that I am a prisoner I cannot endure it, le, and lead the life that God intended that I should lead when He put me there”
”Do not take it so to heart, Jean,” responded D'Arnot ”You have acquitted yourself much better than most 'civilized'Paris at this time, I rather think that Raoul de Coudeto say on that subject before long”
Nor was D'Arnot mistaken A week later on Monsieur Flaubert was announced about eleven in theMonsieur Flaubert was an ientleman
With many los he delivered Monsieur le Count de Coude's challenge to Monsieur Tarzan Would e to have a friend meet Monsieur Flaubert at as early an hour as convenient, that the details ed to the mutual satisfaction of all concerned?
Certainly Monsieur Tarzan would be delighted to place his interests unreservedly in the hands of his friend, Lieutenant D'Arnot And so it was arranged that D'Arnot was to call on Monsieur Flaubert at two that afternoon, and the polite Monsieur Flaubert, with ain alone D'Arnot looked quizzically at Tarzan
”Well?” he said
”Now to my sins I must add ressing rapidly in the ways of my civilized brothers”