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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: As she spoke the single word there was a quick move
of her right hand; Tario, releasing her, staggered back,
both hands pressed to his side. At the same instant
the room filled with bowmen, and then the jeddak of
Lothar sank senseless to the marble floor.
At the instant that he lost consciousness the bowmen
were about to release their arrows into Thuvia's heart.
Involuntarily she gave a single cry for help, though she
knew that not even Carthoris of Helium could save her now.
Then she closed her eyes and waited for the end. No
slender shafts pierced her tender side. She raised her
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