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CHAPTER XIII DEATH WITHIN AND WITHOUT!
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As rapidly as I could I made my way from the palace of Ko-tah, and upward, terrace by terrace, toward the palace of the Jemadar. I had never presented myself at Sagroth’s palace since Nah-ee-lah had so grievously offended me. I did not even know the customary procedure to follow to gain an audience with the Emperor, but nevertheless I came boldly to the carven gates and demanded to speak with the officer in command of the guards. When he came I told him that I desired to speak either with Sagroth or the Princess Nah-ee-lah at once, upon a matter of the most urgent importance.
“Wait,” he said, “and I will take your message to the Jemadar.”
He was gone for what seemed to me a very long time, but at last he returned, saying that Sagroth would see me at once, and I was conducted through the gates and into the palace toward the small audience chamber1 in which Sagroth had once received me so graciously. As I was ushered2 into the room I found myself facing both Sagroth and Nah-ee-lah. The attitude of the Jemadar seemed apparently3 judicial4, but that of the Princess was openly hostile.
“What are you doing here, traitor5?” she demanded, without waiting for Sagroth to speak, and at the same instant a door upon the opposite side of the room burst open and three warriors6 leaped into the apartment with bared swords. They wore the livery of Ko-tah, and I knew instantly the purpose for which they had come. Drawing my own sword, I leaped forward.
“I have come to defend the life of the Jemadar and his Princess,” I cried, as I sprang between them and the advancing three.
“What means this?” demanded Sagroth. “How dare you enter the presence of your Jemadar with drawn7 sword?”
“They are the assassins of Ko-tah come to
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assassinate
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mightily
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conspiracy
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consternation
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sedition
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crater
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不高兴地,绷着脸,忧郁地 | |
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