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VI THE BEGINNING OF HORROR
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WITHIN PELLUCIDAR ONE TIME IS AS GOOD AS ANOTHER. There were no nights to mask our attempted escape. All must be done in broad daylight—all but the work I had to do in the apartment beneath the building. So we determined2 to put our plan to an immediate3 test lest the Mahars who made it possible should awake before I reached them; but we were doomed4 to disappointment, for no sooner had we reached the main floor of the building on our way to the pits beneath, than we encountered hurrying bands of slaves being hastened under strong Sagoth guard out of the edifice5 to the avenue beyond.
Other Sagoths were darting6 hither and thither7 in search of other slaves, and the moment that we appeared we were pounced8 upon and hustled9 into the line of marching humans.
What the purpose or nature of the general exodus10 we did not know, but presently through the line of captives ran the rumor11 that two escaped slaves had been recaptured—a man and a woman—and that we were marching to witness their punishment, for the man had killed a Sagoth of the detachment that had pursued and overtaken them.
At the intelligence my heart sprang to my throat, for I was sure that the two were of those who escaped in the dark grotto12 with Hooja the Sly One, and that Dian must be the woman. Ghak thought so too, as did Perry.
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exodus
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foraging
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bellowed
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puny
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