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CHAPTER XIX BLACK DESPAIR
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"Ah," said Zat Arrras, "to what kindly1 circumstance am I indebted for the pleasure of this unexpected visit from the Prince of Helium?"
While he was speaking, one of my guards had removed the gag from my mouth, but I made no reply to Zat Arrras: simply standing2 there in silence with level gaze fixed3 upon the Jed of Zodanga. And I doubt not that my expression was coloured by the contempt I felt for the man.
The eyes of those within the chamber4 were fixed first upon me and then upon Zat Arrras, until finally a flush of anger crept slowly over his face.
"You may go," he said to those who had brought me, and when only his two companions and ourselves were left in the chamber, he spoke5 to me again in a voice of ice—very slowly and deliberately6, with many pauses, as though he would choose his words cautiously.
"John Carter," he said, "by the edict of custom, by the law of our religion, and by the verdict of an impartial7 court, you are condemned8 to die. The people cannot save you—I alone may accomplish that. You are absolutely in my power to do with as I wish—I may kill you, or I may free you, and should I elect to kill you, none would be the wiser.
"Should you go free in Helium for a year, in accordance with the conditions of your reprieve9, there is little fear that the people would ever insist upon the execution of the sentence imposed upon you.
"You may go free within two minutes, upon one condition. Tardos Mors will never return to Helium. Neither will Mors Kajak, nor Dejah Thoris. Helium must select a new Jeddak within the year. Zat Arrras would be Jeddak of Helium. Say that you will
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kindly
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accede
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traitor
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joyousness
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快乐,使人喜悦 | |
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winding
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焦油,沥青,柏油( tar的名词复数 ) | |
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negotiations
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协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过 | |
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imprisonment
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testimony
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promptly
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gratitude
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chagrin
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precisely
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loyalty
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hideous
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horrid
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adj.可怕的;令人惊恐的;恐怖的;极讨厌的 | |
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corpse
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doomed
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exclamation
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收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)变紧; (使)绷紧; 加紧 | |
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malign
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frightful
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devious
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benign
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下狱,监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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craftiness
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长期受苦( languish的过去式和过去分词 ); 受折磨; 变得(越来越)衰弱; 因渴望而变得憔悴或闷闷不乐 | |
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scouts
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侦察员[机,舰]( scout的名词复数 ); 童子军; 搜索; 童子军成员 | |
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武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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