"Was it not too horrible? But I happened to know something of
Monsieur Paulvitch that would send him to the gallows in Russia if
it were known by the police of St. Petersburg. I dared him to carry
out his plan, and then I leaned toward him and whispered a name in
his ear. Like that"--and she snapped her fingers--"he flew at my
throat as a madman. He would have killed me had you not interfered."

"The brutes!" muttered Tarzan.

"They are worse than that, my friend," she said.

"They are devils. I fear for you because you have gained their
hatred. I wish you to be on your guard constantly. Tell me that
you will, for my sake, for I should never forgive myself should
you suffer through the kindness you did me."

"I do not fear them," he replied. "I have survived grimmer enemies
than Rokoff and Paulvitch." He saw that she knew nothing of the
occurrence in the Rue Maule, nor did he mention it, fearing that
it might distress her.

"For your own safety," he continued, "why do you not turn the
scoundrels over to the authorities? They should make quick work
of them."

She hesitated for a moment before replying.

"There are two reasons," she said finally. "One of them it is that
keeps the count from doing that very thing. The other, my real