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CHAPTER XV THE OLD MAN OF THE PITS
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"I shall not desert you, Ghek," said Tara of Helium, simply.
Tara shook her head. "I cannot," she said.
"They will slay2 her," said Ghek to Turan, and the panthan, torn between loyalty3 to this strange creature who had offered its life for him, and love of the woman, hesitated but a moment, then he swept Tara from her feet and lifting her in his arms leaped up the steps that led to the throne of Manator. Behind the throne he parted the arras and found the secret opening. Into this he bore the girl and down a long, narrow corridor and winding4 runways that led to lower levels until they came to the pits of the palace of O-Tar. Here was a labyrinth5 of passages and chambers7 presenting a thousand hiding-places.
As Turan bore Tara up the steps toward the throne a score of warriors8 rose as though to rush forward to intercept10 them. "Stay!" cried Ghek, "or your jeddak dies," and they halted in their tracks, waiting the will of this strange, uncanny creature.
Presently Ghek took his eyes from the eyes of O-Tar and the jeddak shook himself as one who would be rid of a bad dream and straightened up, half dazed still.
"Look," said Ghek, then, "I have given your jeddak his life, nor have I harmed one of those whom I might easily have slain11 when they were in my power. No harm have I or my friends done in the city of Manator. Why then should you
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杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词) | |
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regain
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regained
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brink
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eternity
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humiliation
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evasions
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hostility
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traitors
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vengeance
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melee
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fathom
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lighting
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(使)窒息, (使)透不过气( smother的过去式和过去分词 ); 覆盖; 忍住; 抑制 | |
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defile
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remorse
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bent
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doorway
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subterranean
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dagger
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memoirs
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portending
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countless
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myriad
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horrid
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partially
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compartments
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