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As Mo-sar carried Jane Clayton from the palace of Ko-tan, the king, the woman struggled incessantly1 to regain2 her freedom. He tried to compel her to walk, but despite his threats and his abuse she would not voluntarily take a single step in the direction in which he wished her to go. Instead she threw herself to the ground each time he sought to place her upon her feet, and so of necessity he was compelled to carry her though at last he tied her hands and gagged her to save himself from further lacerations, for the beauty and slenderness of the woman belied3 her strength and courage. When he came at last to where his men had gathered he was glad indeed to turn her over to a couple of stalwart warriors4, but these too were forced to carry her since Mo-sar's fear of the vengeance5 of Ko-tan's retainers would brook6 no delays.
And thus they came down out of the hills from which A-lur is carved, to the meadows that skirt the lower end of Jad-ben-lul, with Jane Clayton carried between two of Mo-sar's men. At the edge of the lake lay a fleet of strong canoes, hollowed from the trunks of trees, their bows and sterns carved in the semblance7 of grotesque8 beasts or birds and vividly9 colored by some master in that primitive10 school of art, which fortunately is not without its devotees today.
Into the stern of one of these canoes the warriors tossed their captive at a sign from Mo-sar, who came and stood beside her as the warriors were finding their places in the canoes and selecting their paddles.
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ammunition
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perfectly
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partially
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