|
The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: though the words were few, the unimpassioned tone
carried unfathomable depths of cold contempt.
"Better all that you have threatened," she said, "than you."
Then she turned her back upon him and went to stand
once more before the east window, gazing with sad
eyes toward distant Ptarth.
Astok wheeled and left the room, returning after a
short interval of time with food and drink.
"Here," he said, "is sustenance until I return again.
The next to enter this apartment will be your executioner.
Commend yourself to your ancestors, Thuvia of Ptarth,
Thuvia, Maid of Mars |
