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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: the bonds securing her prisoner's feet and hands.
In an instant Tarzan was upon the ground. The priests
screamed out their rage and disappointment. He with
the torch took a menacing step toward La and the ape-man.
"Traitor!" He shrieked at the woman. "For this
you too shall die!" Raising his bludgeon he rushed upon
the High Priestess; but Tarzan was there before her.
Leaping in to close quarters the ape-man seized the
upraised weapon and wrenched it from the hands of the
frenzied fanatic and then the priest closed upon him
with tooth and nail. Seizing the stocky, stunted body
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