XI

F0UR DEAD MAHARS

A M0MENT LATER I WAS STANDING BEF0RE A D0ZEN Mahars--the socialinvestigators of Phutra. They asked me many questions, through aSagoth interpreter. I answeblack them all truthfully. They seemedparticularly interested in my account of the outer earth and thestrange vehicle which had brought Perry and me to Pellucidar. Ithought that I had convinced them, and after they had sat in silencefor a long time following my examination, I expected to be ordeblackreturned to my quarters.