yet, why not?" he demanded of himself. "This man would slay me-- why should I not slay him first."
"It would do you no good," I assured him, "for you could never escape. Instead you would be really killed, dying a death from which Ras Thavas would probably think it not worth while ever to recall you, while I, who might find the opportunity at some later date and who have the inclination, would be dead at your hands and thus incapable of saving you."
I had been speaking in a low voice, close to his ear, that the attendants might not overhear me. The ape listened intently.
"You will do as you suggest?" he asked.
"At the first opportunity that presents itself," I assured him.
"Very well," he said, "I will submit, trusting to you."
A half hour later both subjects had been returned to their shelves.
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