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Burroughs, Edgar Rice

"The Son Of Tarzan"

"Muviri told me that she disobeyed your instructions and ran off into the jungle after you had left them. Oh, John, I cannot bear to lose her, too!" And Lady Greystoke broke down and wept, as she pillowed her head upon the broad breast where so often before she had found comfort in the great tragedies of her life.


? ? ? ? Lord Greystoke raised her head and looked down into her eyes, his own smiling and filled with the light of happiness.


? ? ? ? "What is it, John?" she cried. "You have good news--do not keep me waiting for it."


? ? ? ? "I want to be quite sure that you can stand hearing the best news that ever came to either of us," he said.


? ? ? ? "Joy never kills," she cried. "You have found--her?" She could not bring herself to hope for the impossible.


? ? ? ? "Yes, Jane," he said, and his voice was husky with emotion; "I have found her, and--HIM!"


? ? ? ? "Where is he? Where are they?" she demanded.


? ? ? ? "Out there at the edge of the jungle.


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