CHAPTER XXVIII CONCLUSION A T the sight of Jane Porter, cries of relief and delight broke from every lip, and as Tarzan's car stopped beside the other, Profes- sor Porter caught his daughter in his arms. For a moment no one noticed Tarzan, sitting silently in his seat. Clayton was the first to remember, and, turn- ing, held out his hand. "How can we ever thank you?" he exclaimed. "You have saved us all. "You called me by name at the cottage, but I do not seem to recall yours, though there is some- thing very familiar about you. "It is as though I had known you well under very different conditions a long time ago." Tarzan smiled as he took the proferred hand. "You are quite right, Monsieur Clayton," he said, in French. "You will pardon me if I do not speak to you in English. I am just learning it, and while I understand it fairly well I speak it very poorly." "But who are you?" insisted Clayton, speak- ing in French this time himself. " Tarzan of the Apes." -379- |