now several of them exchanged grunting, monosyllabic conversation
in a language unfamiliar to the ape-man, and presently they left
him lying upon the concrete floor while they trooped off on their
short legs into another part of the temple beyond the court.

As Tarzan lay there upon his back he saw that the temple entirely
surrounded the little inclosure, and that on all sides its lofty
walls rose high above him. At the top a little patch of blue sky
was visible, and, in one direction, through an embrasure, he could
see foliage, but whether it was beyond or within the temple he did
not know.

About the court, from the ground to the top of the temple, were
series of open galleries, and now and then the captive caught
glimpses of bright eyes gleaming from beneath masses of tumbling
hair, peering down upon him from above.

The ape-man gently tested the strength of the bonds that held
him, and while he could not be sure it seemed that they were of
insufficient strength to withstand the strain of his mighty muscles
when the time came to make a break for freedom; but he did not dare
to put them to the crucial test until darkness had fallen, or he
felt that no spying eyes were upon him.

He had lain within the court for several hours before the first rays
of sunlight penetrated the vertical shaft; almost simultaneously
he heard the pattering of bare feet in the corridors about him,
and a moment later saw the galleries above fill with crafty faces
as a score or more entered the courtyard.