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A few ed from the room a warrior of Manator in every detail of harness, equipment, and ornamentation He had renia of his house and rank so that hesuspicion, as a common warrior

To search for Tara of Helium in the vast, dim labyrinth of the pits of O-Tar seemed to the Gatholian a hopeless quest, foredoomed to failure It would be wiser to seek the streets of Manator where he ht hope to learn first if she had been recaptured and, if not, then he could return to the pits and pursue the hunt for her To find egress from the h the winding corridors and chambers, since he had no idea as to the location or direction of any exit In fact, he could not have retraced his steps a hundred yards toward the point at which he and Tara had entered the glooht find by accident either Tara of Helium or a way to the street level above

For a tily preserved dead of Manator, many of which were piled in tiers after the h corridor and chalyphics painted upon the walls above every opening and at each fork or crossing of corridors, until by observation he reached the conclusion that these indicated the designations of passageways, so that one who understood theh the pits; but Turan did not understand theht not materially have aided one unfamiliar with the city; but he could not read thee upon Barsooes as there are nations One thing, however, soon becalyphic of a corridor re before Turan realized from the distance that he had traveled that the pits were part of a vast syste, possibly, the entire city At least he was convinced that he had passed beyond the precincts of the palace The corridors and chambers varied in appearance and architecture froh usually quite dins of life other than an occasional ulsio, then quite suddenly he cas The fellow looked at hih of relief as he realized that his disguise was effective, but he was caught in the middle of it by a hail from the warrior who had stopped and turned toward hilad too that they were buried in the dile antagonist, for time was precious