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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: He would wait until he had returned from his little
journey of deception--maybe there might be some other
way then. Some other hand to strike the blow--with
that face, with those eyes before him, he could never do it.
Of that he was positive. He had always gloried in the
cruelty of his nature, but, Issus! he was not that cruel.
No, another must be found--one whom he could trust.
He was still looking at her as she stood there before
him meeting his gaze steadily and unafraid. He felt
the hot passion of his love mounting higher and higher.
Why not sue once more? If she would relent, all might
Thuvia, Maid of Mars |
