The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Son of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: the body of the huge ape dropped at her side and a great, hairy
arm went about her waist.
Almost at once the other ape reached his companion's side.
He made a lunge at Meriem; but her captor swung her to one
side, bared his fighting fangs and growled ominously.
Meriem struggled to escape. She struck at the hairy breast
and bearded cheek. She fastened her strong, white teeth in
one shaggy forearm. The ape cuffed her viciously across the
face, then he had to turn his attention to his fellow who quite
evidently desired the prize for his own.
The captor could not fight to advantage upon the swaying bough,
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