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9 The Theft of the Jewels
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For two days Werper sought for the party that had accompanied him from the camp to the barrier cliffs; but not until late in the afternoon of the second day did he find clew to its whereabouts, and then in such gruesome form that he was totally unnerved by the sight.
In an open glade1 he came upon the bodies of three of the blacks, terribly mutilated, nor did it require considerable deductive power to explain their murder. Of the little party only these three had not been slaves. The others, evidently tempted2 to hope for freedom from their cruel Arab master, had taken advantage of their separation from the main camp, to slay3 the three representatives of the hated power which held them in slavery, and vanish into the jungle.
Cold sweat exuded4 from Werper's forehead as he contemplated5 the fate which chance had permitted him to escape, for had he been present when the conspiracy6 bore fruit, he, too, must have been of the garnered7.
Tarzan showed not the slightest surprise or interest in the discovery. Inherent in him was a calloused8 familiarity with violent death. The refinements9 of his recent civilization expunged10 by the force of the sad calamity11 which had befallen him, left only the primitive12
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n.林间空地,一片表面有草的沼泽低地 | |
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warrior
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warriors
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interfere
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exterminate
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winding
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caterpillar
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herds
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