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11 The Sentence of Death
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But it was an hour before the king re-entered the apartment and in the meantime the ape-man had occupied himself in examining the carvings1 upon the walls and the numerous specimens2 of the handicraft of Pal-ul-donian artisans which combined to impart an atmosphere of richness and luxury to the apartment.
The limestone3 of the country, close-grained and of marble whiteness yet worked with comparative ease with crude implements4, had been wrought5 by cunning craftsmen6 into bowls and urns7 and vases of considerable grace and beauty. Into the carved designs of many of these virgin8 gold had been hammered, presenting the effect of a rich and magnificent cloisonne. A barbarian9 himself the art of barbarians10 had always appealed to the ape-man to whom they represented a natural expression of man's love of the beautiful to even a greater extent than the studied and artificial efforts of civilization. Here was the real art of old masters, the other the cheap imitation of the chromo.
It was while he was thus pleasurably engaged that Ko-tan returned. As Tarzan, attracted by the movement of the hangings through which the king entered, turned and faced him he was almost shocked by the remarkable11 alteration12 of the king's appearance. His face was livid; his hands trembled as with palsy, and his eyes were wide as with fright. His appearance was one
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n.雕刻( carving的名词复数 );雕刻术;雕刻品;雕刻物 | |
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warriors
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warrior
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corpse
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indifference
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descended
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chambers
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maker
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ridge
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subdue
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gorge
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previously
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vengeance
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