Heredity

           WhenJanerealizedthatshewasbeingborneawayacaptivebythestrangeforestcreaturewhohadrescuedherfromtheclutchesoftheapeshestruggleddesperatelytoescape,butthestrongarmsthatheldheraseasilyasthoughshehadbeenbutaday-oldbabeonlypressedalittlemoretightly.

           Sopresentlyshegaveupthefutileeffortandlayquietly,lookingthroughhalf-closedlidsatthefaceofthemanwhostrodeeasilythroughthetangledundergrowthwithher.

           Thefaceaboveherwasoneofextraordinarybeauty.

           Aperfecttypeofthestronglymasculine,unmarredbydissipation,orbrutalordegradingpassions.For,thoughTarzanoftheApeswasakillerofmenandofbeasts,hekilledasthehunterkills,dispassionately,exceptonthoserareoccasionswhenhehadkilledforhate—thoughnotthebrooding,malevolenthatewhichmarksthefeaturesofitsownwithhideouslines.

           WhenTarzankilledhemoreoftensmiledthanscowled,andsmilesarethefoundationofbeauty.

           OnethingthegirlhadnoticedparticularlywhenshehadseenTarzanrushinguponTerkoz—thevividscarletbanduponhisforehead,fromabovethelefteyetothescalp;butnowasshescannedhisfeaturesshenoticedthatitwasgone,andonlyathinwhitelinemarkedthespotwhereithadbeen.

           AsshelaymorequietlyinhisarmsTarzanslightlyrelaxedhisgripuponher.