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"I do not know," replied the Gatholian; "but we must find her and take her from this place"

"We may find her," said Ghek; "but I doubt our ability to take her away It is not so easy to leave Manator as it is to enter it I h the ancient burrows of the ulsios; but you are too large for that and your lungs need more air than may be found in some of the deeper runways"

"But U-Thor!" exclaiht of him or his intentions?"

"I have heard much," replied Ghek "He camps at The Gate of Enemies That spot he holds and his warriors lie just beyond The Gate; but he has not sufficient force to enter the city and take the palace An hour since and you ht have uarded since O-Tar learned that A-Kor had escaped to U-Thor"

"A-Kor has escaped and joined U-Thor!" exclaimed Gahan

"But little more than an hour since I ith hiht a e from you It was decided that Tasor should accoreat jed of Manatos, and exact from him the assurances you required Then U-Thor was to return and take food to you and the Princess of Heliuh easily and found U-Thorto respect your every wish, but when Tasor would have returned to you the as blocked by the warriors of O-Tar Then it was that I volunteered to coo forth a the Gatholian slaves of Manator and prepare them for their part in the plan that U-Thor and Tasor conceived"

"And as this plan?"

"U-Thor has sent for reinforce districts that are his It will take athem hither and in the anize secretly, stealing and hiding arainst the day that the reinforcements arrive When that day comes the forces of U-Thor will enter the Gate of Enemies and as the warriors of O-Tar rush to repulse them the slaves from Gathol will fall upon them from the rear with the majority of their numbers, while the balance will assault the palace They hope thus to divert so many fro an entrance to the city"