Subject: sluggish

From: "Jemima Munoz" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:20:29 +0200

I, too, have suffered from thevillainy of the Jeddak of Jahar.
In the meantime we may beable to work out some plan of escape.
Icould just reach the top of the eaves with my extended fingers. Hadron of Hastor, Nur An of Jahar, he repeated. Longbefore we reached that hideous apartment we heard the screams andcurses of its inmates.
The head was followed by the body of a man, whoseharness was so scant as to leave him almost nude. The tyrantsqueezed me like some juicy fruit and then cast the empty rind aside.
Apparent physical old age is so rare upon Barsoom as always to attractimmediate attention.
We are in the palace of a maniac, Nur An, I said.
This time he did not smile as we entered the room. Faintly a scream arose from the black mouth of the flue behind me.
Hadron of Hastor, Nur An of Jahar, he repeated.
And do any ever go on down the river from Ghasta?
Once again I made the perilous ascent to the roof, taking one of ournew-made ropes with me. After your longjourney you must be hungry.
There was no animation in their step and their wholedemeanor seemed that of utter hopelessness.
But I am helpless, he almost screamed at last.
The banquet was elaborate and the food delicious. During the evening meal upon the tenth day Phor Tak seemed moredistraught than ever. The day waned and night fell; no one came near us, but in the meantimeI discovered something.
Perhaps these would beutterly dark and doubtless overrun by rats and lizards. Do not let your hopes rise, she said with a rueful smile.
The scream was but a prelude to a series of similar cries ofagony.
You willdie, my warrior, but at least you will die as a brave man should andundefiled. A mad scheme it was, and yet withal withinthe realms of practicability.
The black goblet was set before Ghron and the red onesbefore Nur An and me.
I saw a naked womanchained to a grill before a hot fire. After your longjourney you must be hungry. As night approached I commenced to realize how high I had built myhopes upon this idea.