Tarzan easily fights his way through the Sun Worshippers to Jane. To avoid further violence, Jane offers to show La where the temple's hidden treasure room is.
Jane makes good on her promise and takes the Sun Worshippers to the secret vault. With their riches secure, the denizens of the temple release Tarzan and Jane and plan to seal the vault forever. La asks Tarzan to return to him someday and he says he may come back.
As the Greystokes return to their home, Jane explains the treachery of Werper to Tarzan, who is still suffering from partial memory loss. Enraged, Tarzan takes to the trees and lets out a mighty cry.
Werper hears Tarzan's yell and hightails it to the Greystoke estate where Annersley is waiting. At first, Werper lies about finding the jewels, but the heir to Greystoke learns the truth and they begin to fight. Annersley gains the upper hand and Werper promises to show him to the treasure when they hear Tarzan's yell. Werper hides while Annersley awaits his cousin's arrival.
Tarzan and Jane enter and are thrilled to see their cousin. Annersley is less cordial, telling them he is the Lord of Greystoke now as Werper sneaks up behind them...
A lot gets done in this episode. Tarzan's issues with La are wrapped up (at least until a future story). True apeman, after suffering from one form of amnesia or another for the previous 11 chapters, is now back up to speed. And we have nicely set up the final confrontation with Werper.
I'm still not understanding the insertion of Annersley into the story. He's arriving so late in the tale, it's hard to take him seriously as a threat and I'm not at all invested in what happens to him.
Some of the chapters have been a slog to get through, but the momentum seems to have picked up these last few episodes. Only one more left!
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