# XX: Jane Clayton Again a Prisoner explained — Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar

> Chapter companion for Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

## What happens

Jane Clayton, believing Albert Werper to be a friend and rescuer, is deceived into returning to the Arab raiders' camp. Werper, having killed Achmet Zek and failed to find the stolen jewels, concocts a story to gain entry and trust. Once inside, Jane is imprisoned again, but Werper's true intentions become increasingly sinister as both he and Mohammed Beyd plot to possess her and the jewels.

## Themes in this chapter

### Greed and Betrayal

Werper betrays Jane's trust, plots to sell her, and covets the jewels; Mohammed Beyd schemes to kill Werper for the same treasures.

### Love and Obsession

Werper's infatuation with Jane grows into a maddening desire to possess her, driving his actions.

## Character check-ins

### Jane Clayton

Deceived by Werper, she returns to the raiders' camp as a prisoner, unaware of his betrayal.

### Albert Werper

Manipulates Jane and the raiders, searches for the missing jewels, and grows obsessively infatuated with her.

### Achmet Zek

Killed by Werper; his body is left behind as Werper and Jane flee.

### Mohammed Beyd

Arab leader left in charge of the camp; suspects Achmet Zek's death and plots to kill Werper and take Jane and the jewels.

## Key lines

> Though her clothes were torn and her hair disheveled, Albert Werper realized that he never before had looked upon such a vision of loveliness as that which Lady Greystoke presented in the relief and joy which she felt in coming so unexpectedly upon a friend and rescuer when hope had seemed so far away.

Despite her disheveled appearance, Jane's beauty struck Werper as he saw her joy at finding a supposed ally.

_Highlights Werper's growing obsession and Jane's misplaced trust._

> I shall tell them that I apprehended you after you escaped from the camp, that I took you to Achmet Zek, and that as he was engaged in a stubborn battle with the Waziri, he directed me to return to camp with you, to obtain here a sufficient guard, and to ride north with you as rapidly as possible and dispose of you at the most advantageous terms to a certain slave broker whose name he gave me.

Werper plans to deceive the raiders by claiming he recaptured Jane on Achmet Zek's orders to sell her into slavery.

_Reveals Werper's duplicity and the danger Jane is in._

> Mohammed Beyd is your only hope.

Mohammed Beyd tells Jane that only he can save her from Werper's scheme.

_Foreshadows the power struggle between Werper and Mohammed Beyd over Jane._

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