The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: more parachutes followed the first and two more puffs of
smoke. Then the machine darted rapidly off toward the
northeast.
Barney turned to Prince von der Tann with a smile. "They
are none too soon," he said.
The old prince bowed in acquiescence. He had been very
happy for two days. Lutha might be defeated now, but she
could never be subdued. She had a king at last--a real
king. Gott! How he had changed. It reminded Prince von
der Tann of the day he had ridden beside the imposter two
years before in the battle with the forces of Peter of Blentz.
The Mad King |