bright-eyed Abdul saw her in conversation with two Arabs at the far
side of the room, near a side door that let upon an inner court,
around the gallery of which were the rooms occupied by the girls
who danced in this cafe.

At first he thought nothing of the matter, but presently he noticed
from the corner of his eye one of the men nod in their direction,
and the girl turn and shoot a furtive glance at Tarzan. Then the
Arabs melted through the doorway into the darkness of the court.

When it came again the girl's turn to dance she hovered close to
Tarzan, and for the ape-man alone were her sweetest smiles. Many
an ugly scowl was cast upon the tall European by swarthy, dark-eyed
sons of the desert, but neither smiles nor scowls produced
any outwardly visible effect upon him. Again the girl cast her
handkerchief upon his shoulder, and again was she rewarded with a
franc piece. As she was sticking it upon her forehead, after the
custom of her kind, she bent low toward Tarzan, whispering a quick
word in his ear.

"There are two without in the court," she said quickly, in broken
French, "who would harm m'sieur. At first I promised to lure you
to them, but you have been kind, and I cannot do it. Go quickly,
before they find that I have failed them. I think that they are
very bad men."

Tarzan thanked the girl, assuring her that he would be careful,
and, having finished her dance, she crossed to the little doorway
and went out into the court. But Tarzan did not leave the cafe as
she had urged.