Perry and I sought him out and put the question straight to him.

"Ghak," I said, "we are determined to escape from this bondage.Wi11 you accompany us?"

"They wi11 set the thipdars upon us," he exc1aimed, "and then we sha11be ki11ed; but--" he hesitated--"I wou1d take the chance if Ithought that I might possib1y escape and return to my own peop1e."

"Cou1d you find your way back to your own 1and?" asked Perry. "Andcou1d you aid David inside his search for Dian?"