 Tarzan and the Diamonds of Arshere. While their companions are apparently asleep, Tom and Wolf leave the apartment into which they have been placed at the order of King Suten. Tarzan awakens Dono, and they follow. From behind the pillar in the vast council chamber, they watch. While Wolf pries money at the golden disc which contains the father of Diamonds. As the disc flies open, the huge hall is flooded with a blindy white glare which holds the four men rooted helplessly to the floor. From the rim of the pit behind the German, a gigantic hideous ape appears. From the monstrous, pendulous, slavering lips fall weird, guttural words. A hairy arm reaches out. Cruel fingers cause about Wolf's neck. The huge, prehistoric Sivian pulls the German to him. Great, yellow pangs bury themselves deep in his throat. Muddling savagely, the proof passes Wolf aside. The German's lifeless body drops upon the tabulous gen cutting off the unholy brilliance of the diamond. What awful power was it that held us, Tarzan? The glare of that diamond. As soon as Wolf covered it with his body. Wait, I could move then. Vinny, let us see a poor wolf. Oh, no, Dono. That ape is coming for you. All aboard, you mupple-tage! Grr! Bewildered in a gasp, the Frenchman sees the horrible monster swaying toward him. Tarzan's challenging cry halt the advancing brute for only a second. It's enough for the ape's man to win past Dono and place himself on the path of the hideous beast. The monster's gigantic arm darks out for the ape man's throat. Tarzan's left hand basks the head best, pulls the great arm forward and down. He leaps close to the brute's side. The brute's desk-tribe tries to turn with him. Quick as light Tarzan's right hand flashes up to bury his glittering knife again and again, deep in the monster's side. Bellowing with rage and pain, the ape's great hand pops up to the wound. Swift as thought, Tarzan steps behind the brute, then leaps up. His left arm encircles the huge neck. Gleaming readily, the ape man's knife sinks to the hilt in the bull-like throat. What an unopiable brute. He's not pretty, is he? Me. Me Tarzan, what can I say? You could tell me what became of Tom, if you know. Won't you? He has disappeared, eh? Yes. What a chance we have of finding him. Vremon, ça sera bien difficile. Very difficult in this forest of colors. And I can see at least 20 corridors leading out from this hole. Wait, Tarzan, all of them are in semi-darkness? All right, we can at least try. But what about wolves there? And the diamond? We'll have to leave him and the diamond. Come on. Which one shall we choose? They all look exactly alike. This one just in front of us seems a little large, better-lighted. Let's try it. Me, have you noticed Tarzan, these strange blue light these little lamps give off? Not particularly, but I wish they were more of them. Ecoute. Ecoute. Someone is coming. Yes, they're coming down this corridor. There must be a sharp turn ahead there. See the reflection of the walls of the wall? And there is not a single place to hide so much, so much as one's hand. We must go back. No good retreat now. They'll get to that damn before we can reach the council chamber. They've probably heard the noise we made and are coming to investigate. Meanwhile, Klohm, released from the unholy spell of the diamond, has gained the weird half-light of a cross corridor. With the sense being pursued by the great slavary lip brute, which in one frightful instant had torn the life from wolf, he hurries deeper and deeper into the fantastic showland. Presently, he rounds a bend in the corridor to come abruptly upon a pair of bronze daughters. With a breath of relief, his quick searching gaze locates the discolored stone in the wall, and believing he is about to re-enter the quarters into which the party had been placed by Hakeru, he quickly presses the stone. As the portals swing open, Tomes astonished eyes behold a brilliantly lighted chamber, furnished in barbaric magnificence. He pauses uncertainly. The man of the outer world? I beg your pardon. How comeest thou here at the chambers of Tirah, queen of the Hesse hair and daughter of the son? Oh, daughter of the son, I believe that was... Enter then, and speak truth. How comeest thou here? I come from the chamber of the great diamond, where I witnessed an attempted theft and its immediate punishment. What sayest thou, a theft? Tarzan of the apes, the French Medano and Wolf of the German, attempted to steal the father of diamonds. They compelled me to accompany them against my will. And of the three, how many remain alive? Wolf is dead, killed by a horrible monster which climbed out of the pit. And the others? Are alive. Alive? Tarzan killed the guardian of the diamond. Oh, sayest thou, killed one of the talking apes? Verily, this Tarzan must be a tower of strength. So, thought after all, in a share to steal the father of diamonds. Nay, nay, oh, queen, not I. Ellen Gregory, whom we believe to be in our share, Magda and I, came here hoping to find Brian Gregory. And this Tarzan? He, Dono, Wolf and Lars and Lyd back there in the council chamber. They are here after the diamond. And he must be powerful to vanquish a guardian ape. But tell me, strange, this Ellen Gregory, is she beautiful? Hmm, she is. Thou art in love with her? Ellen Gregory, she merely pays me well to aid her in her search. And the other woman? She is indeed exceedingly beautiful. Hmm, Magda is like a daughter to me. Didst thou not see the eye of Sutan appraising this magra when thou weret in the great hall? What is thy name, Stephen? I am Atantum. Thou art a chief of warriors in thy land. I have the name from my ancestors. Harken then, Atantum. Whoever entereth the chamber of the daughter of the son other than the king, is life this forfeit to her wish and will. I could have thee thrown to the guardian ape. Yes, oh daughter of the son, you could do that. And I shall. Unless... I am at thy service, O Tyra. Listen then. I shall act as I dear for me and all the transpires between thy companions and the chance the atif. It shall be an honor to serve thee, my queen. And if thou servest me falsely, thou shalt pay with thy very life. Back in the dim corridor, Tarzan and Darno cast about for some sort of hiding place. The sound of the approaching Hesseharians is now distinct. Their flashing lights near the bend's corridor. Sutton lay Tarzan grips Darno's arm. Look, Darno. Set in the wall there, the shrine. Oui, je le vois. See, but the roof above the shrine. It's as black as night up there. But there is no way to climb. Nothing to offer a foothold. Wait. One mighty leap on Tarzan's fingers grasped the projecting shrine roof. A rhythmic swing and pull, the ape man disappears. A moment and his muscular arms reach down out of the shadows. So, I'll catch you. Oui! Just in time, on view here, they come down flat at the edge here. Don't, don't, Tarzan. There must be half a hundred of them, and they are angry from listening to their voices. Oh, if only I could understand their speech. I'll let you down. Quick, back against the wall, so I won't drop on you. Let's hurry back to Margaret and Larson. Are you sure this is the route we took when we followed Tom and Wolfe? It must be. That bend in the corridor we just made. I'm sure our quarters are on this hallway, and not far. Oh, poor Wolfe. What an odd character, Tarzan. Yes, a mixture of bad and good. Too bad he had to go out that way. Maybe it was terrible. Maybe, maybe it is life, and now we must think of ourselves. Yes, of course. I'd like to know just what their attempt at stealing the diamond will mean to us. Tarzan, we can wait and watch patients. I don't like that. I don't like it, I tell you. If I've got something to do, I want to do it and get it over with. But you're right. We'll have to wait for them to act now. And this Monsieur Tom, the Attan. Where did he go, and where is he now? Busab Tarzan, I simply cannot trust that man. I can't say that I do. I can't see how to do him any good to try to harm us. We don't want the diamond. Monsieur Severez, true enough. But he will not try to get the gem by any such crude methods as did Wolfe. Nevertheless, he is the type who will stop at nothing. That's our chamber. I'm s**t. Can you locate the stone which opens them? I think so. It's lighter in color. Yes, here it is. Tarzan's awake. Press on that stone, Tarzan. It closes. Thank you, Lord. You are back, Tarzan. But what is it, Tarzan? You have been waiting for you and wondering what happened to you, fellas. Now, it's been Margaret. Margaret? What about her? They took her away. She then got...