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UNDER THE MOUNTAINS
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As we advanced up the river which winds beneath the Golden Cliffs out of the bowels1 of the Mountains of Otz to mingle2 its dark waters with the grim and mysterious Iss the faint glow which had appeared before us grew gradually into an all-enveloping radiance.
The river widened until it presented the aspect of a large lake whose vaulted3 dome5, lighted by glowing phosphorescent rock, was splashed with the vivid rays of the diamond, the sapphire6, the ruby7, and the countless8, nameless jewels of Barsoom which lay incrusted in the virgin9 gold which forms the major portion of these magnificent cliffs.
Beyond the lighted chamber10 of the lake was darkness—what lay behind the darkness I could not even guess.
To have followed the thern boat across the gleaming water would have been to invite instant detection, and so, though I was loath11 to permit Thurid to pass even for an instant beyond my sight, I was forced to wait in the shadows until the other boat had passed from my sight at the far extremity12 of the lake.
Then I paddled out upon the brilliant surface in the direction they had taken.
When, after what seemed an eternity13, I reached the shadows at the upper end of the lake I found that the river issued from a low
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ruby
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mighty
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entirely
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omission
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partially
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weird
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fangs
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steadily
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doorway
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crouched
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warriors
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武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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unaware
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ruse
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pretext
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slay
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hatred
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wager
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diadem
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wreak
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vengeance
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demons
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considerably
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possessed
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supremacy
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complexion
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candid
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delude
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strife
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corpses
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yearn
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crafty
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logic
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sinister
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acquiescence
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growling
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whine
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doorways
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