ye male
Margery Rankin
to me
SUBJECT: establish
There are only four men among them; theycannot harm us. They say that they are guided by the sun and the moon and thestars. The pleasure of killing you, Ur Jan, I replied.
It is on another world, I explained, on Barsoom, the great planetthat you call your larger moon.
Presently she laughed, a silvery musical laugh. Umka, I said, in hisown language, What does the word, Ladan, mean? It was then that your people captured us.
Umka looked dumb, and fortunately he remained dumb.
We bring beforeyou, most august son of the Fire God, seven enemies of the Tarids.
His upper mouth stretched sideways; he cametoward me. In each of these were two men and a woman.
We bring beforeyou, most august son of the Fire God, seven enemies of the Tarids.
You have talked with the Fire God, your father.
In each of these were two men and a woman. All that remain of the Tarids, said Umka, live here in this castle. It seemed hopeless, and I resigned myself to wait with composurewhatever might occur. You have read them accurately, Jeddara, I told her.
As an added precaution, I placeda finger against my lips, enjoining silence.
But how can I hope to accomplish anything when I cannot see them? Let us call a truce on our own quarrels, then, I said, until we haveescaped from these people. Here, at last, I detected a common ground upon which we might discovermutual understanding. I shall be honored by the friendship of the Jeddara, Ozara, I said.
They look very much like you, he replied; at least they are the samesort of creature. If that were true, the sooner I discovered itthe better.
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Helen Ward
to me
SUBJECT: vast ammo
Had it plucked the rose, or grasped coldsteel? Nothing was too small for such converse,nothing was too great.
Long before midnight Orlando was in waiting.
Now Orlando gave himself up to a life of extreme solitude. Sothey parted, she to her tent, he to his.
Thewhole world seemed to ring with the news of her deceit and his derision. Other clocks struck, jangling one after another. Suddenly he was struck in the face by ablow, soft, yet heavy, on the side of his cheek. Soon it was observed Orlando paid the Muscovite far more attention thanmere civility demanded.
Sasha, as if to reassure him, was tenderer than usual and even moredelightful. Who were those bumpkins, she asked him, who satbeside her with the manners of stablemen?
He listened to everyfootfall; speculated on every sound. A black man was waving his arms andvociferating.
The darkness wasmore compassionate to his swollen and violent heart. Now Orlando gave himself up to a life of extreme solitude. He wanted anotherlandscape, and another tongue.
The old suspicions subterraneously at work in him rushed forth fromconcealment openly.
As the minutes passed, he sagged a little at the knees.
Ransack the language as he might, words failed him. All the colour, save the red of Orlandos cheeks, soon faded. She wouldcome alone, in her cloak and trousers, booted like a man.
It is true that a landscape of pine and snow, habits oflust and slaughter, did not entice him. Looking up into the sky there was nothing but blackness theretoo. One old man seemed to bereading aloud from a holy book. But if his senses were simple they were at the sametime extremely strong.
Now a sight of the most extraordinary nature met his eyes. He laughed, but the laugh on his lips froze inwonder.
to me
SUBJECT: establish
There are only four men among them; theycannot harm us. They say that they are guided by the sun and the moon and thestars. The pleasure of killing you, Ur Jan, I replied.
It is on another world, I explained, on Barsoom, the great planetthat you call your larger moon.
Presently she laughed, a silvery musical laugh. Umka, I said, in hisown language, What does the word, Ladan, mean? It was then that your people captured us.
Umka looked dumb, and fortunately he remained dumb.
We bring beforeyou, most august son of the Fire God, seven enemies of the Tarids.
His upper mouth stretched sideways; he cametoward me. In each of these were two men and a woman.
We bring beforeyou, most august son of the Fire God, seven enemies of the Tarids.
You have talked with the Fire God, your father.
In each of these were two men and a woman. All that remain of the Tarids, said Umka, live here in this castle. It seemed hopeless, and I resigned myself to wait with composurewhatever might occur. You have read them accurately, Jeddara, I told her.
As an added precaution, I placeda finger against my lips, enjoining silence.
But how can I hope to accomplish anything when I cannot see them? Let us call a truce on our own quarrels, then, I said, until we haveescaped from these people. Here, at last, I detected a common ground upon which we might discovermutual understanding. I shall be honored by the friendship of the Jeddara, Ozara, I said.
They look very much like you, he replied; at least they are the samesort of creature. If that were true, the sooner I discovered itthe better.
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Helen Ward
to me
SUBJECT: vast ammo
Had it plucked the rose, or grasped coldsteel? Nothing was too small for such converse,nothing was too great.
Long before midnight Orlando was in waiting.
Now Orlando gave himself up to a life of extreme solitude. Sothey parted, she to her tent, he to his.
Thewhole world seemed to ring with the news of her deceit and his derision. Other clocks struck, jangling one after another. Suddenly he was struck in the face by ablow, soft, yet heavy, on the side of his cheek. Soon it was observed Orlando paid the Muscovite far more attention thanmere civility demanded.
Sasha, as if to reassure him, was tenderer than usual and even moredelightful. Who were those bumpkins, she asked him, who satbeside her with the manners of stablemen?
He listened to everyfootfall; speculated on every sound. A black man was waving his arms andvociferating.
The darkness wasmore compassionate to his swollen and violent heart. Now Orlando gave himself up to a life of extreme solitude. He wanted anotherlandscape, and another tongue.
The old suspicions subterraneously at work in him rushed forth fromconcealment openly.
As the minutes passed, he sagged a little at the knees.
Ransack the language as he might, words failed him. All the colour, save the red of Orlandos cheeks, soon faded. She wouldcome alone, in her cloak and trousers, booted like a man.
It is true that a landscape of pine and snow, habits oflust and slaughter, did not entice him. Looking up into the sky there was nothing but blackness theretoo. One old man seemed to bereading aloud from a holy book. But if his senses were simple they were at the sametime extremely strong.
Now a sight of the most extraordinary nature met his eyes. He laughed, but the laugh on his lips froze inwonder.