? ? ? ? "What did you think I was?" asked Korak.
? ? ? ? "A gorilla," replied Baynes, honestly.
? ? ? ? Korak laughed.
? ? ? ? "Who are you?" he repeated.
? ? ? ? "I'm an Englishman by the name of Baynes; but who the devil are you?" asked the Hon. Morison.
? ? ? ? "They call me The Killer," replied Korak, giving the English translation of the name that Akut had given him. And then after a pause during which the Hon. Morison attempted to pierce the darkness and catch a glimpse of the features of the strange being into whose hands he had fallen, "You are the same whom I saw kissing the girl at the edge of the great plain to the East, that time that the lion charged you?"
? ? ? ? "Yes," replied Baynes.
? ? ? ? "What are you doing here?"
? ? ? ? "The girl was stolen--I am trying to rescue her."
? ? ? ? "Stolen!" The word was shot out like a bullet from a gun.
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