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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: declaration of your passion for him. I do not condemn you.
Rather should I have condemned you had you entered a
loveless marriage with me.
"Take back your liberty, Thuvia of Ptarth," he cried,
"and bestow it where your heart already lies enchained,
and when the golden collars are clasped about your necks
you will see that Kulan Tith's is the first sword to be
raised in declaration of eternal friendship for the new
Princess of Helium and her royal mate!"
A GLOSSARY OF NAMES AND TERMS USED
IN THE MARTIAN BOOKS
Thuvia, Maid of Mars |
