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"And you never sought to return to your native city?" asked Gahan

"Never has the hope been absent from my heart, or my mind empty of a plan," replied Tasor "I dreaht, but always must I return to the sale means for escape Iparty to Gathol Then, once within the boundaries of my own country, they shall see me no rasp," said Gahan, "has not your fealty to your own Jed been undermined by years of association with the e

"And my Jed stood before me now," cried Tasor, "andhis confidence, I should castfor him as my sire died for his sire"

There could be no doubt of his sincerity nor any that he was cognizant of Gahan's identity The Jed of Gathol smiled "And if your Jed were here there is little doubt but that he would command you to devote your talents and your prowess to the rescue of the Princess Tara of Heliue I have gained during my captivity he would say to you, 'Go, Tasor, to the pit where A-kor, son of Haja of Gathol, is confined and set him free and with him arouse the slaves from Gathol and march to The Gate of Enemies and offer your services to U-Thor of Manataj, who is wed to Haja of Gathol, and ask of him in return that he attack the palace of O-Tar and rescue Tara of Heliu is accomplished that he free the slaves of Gathol and furnish them with the arms and the means to return to their own country' That, Tasor of Gathol, is what Gahan your Jed would demand of you"

"And that, Turan the slave, is what I shall bend e for Tara of Heliulance carried to Tasor an intiratification and filled hi required of him, or die, for he considered that he had received from the lips of his beloved ruler a commission that placed upon his shoulders a responsibility that encompassed not alone the life of Gahan and Tara but the welfare, perhaps the whole future, of Gathol And so he hastened theh the es lay undisturbed upon the ain he tried a door until he found one that was unlocked Opening it he ushered the silks and furs adorned the walls, with ancient weapons, and great paintings whose colors were toned by age to wondrous softness