And even then, O Prince," she cried, "the arm of the Holy Thern is long.
The wig, however, has come to be a part of their apparel, and so important a part do they consider it that it is cause for the deepest disgrace were a thern to appear in public without it.
At Thuvia's suggestion two of the released prisoners bore the body of the dead thernupon their shoulders with us as we continued our journey toward the storeroom, which we reached without further mishap.
Before Zat Arras had approached near enough to fire a shot we were again hotly engaged with the thern fleet, and as soon as he drew near he too commenced to pour a terrific fusillade of heavy shot into us.
It was dug ages ago by the slaves of the First Born in such utter secrecy that no thern ever guessed its existence.
The thern can never tell from what dark shadow an assassin may spring upon his back.
My close-cropped black hair and thern complexion were the subjects of much comment.
Notest thou not the remarkable resemblance between this Holy Thern and thyself?
The stone worn by the thern who confronted us was of about the same size as that which I had seen before; an inch in diameter I should say.
Thern and black man turned alike against the common enemy, for the banths showed no partiality toward either.
It came from a source equally unlooked for by either thern or pirate.
Afterward I learned that thern spies had been aware of my coming for hours before I reached the hidden fortress.
Of how Phaidor had sprung upon her with uplifted dagger, and of Thuvia's shriek as she had realized the foul intention of the thern goddess.
To reveal my identity might be to precipitate an attack, for every thern upon Barsoom knew that to me they owed the fall of their age-old spiritual supremacy.
I saw that none of the guardsmen had been of the party that accompanied Thurid and Matai Shang; and so, relying entirely upon my disguise, I walked boldly through the gateway and up to the thern guard.
I believe you, Lakor," replied the other, "there can never be aught else than deadly hatred between thern and First Born.
A handful of thernwarriors stood just behind the little party.
I know not whom you may be, with the white skin of a thern and the black hair of a red man; but were it only Thurid whose safety were at stake you might pass, and welcome, in so far as we be concerned.
Amid the angry shouting of thern guardsmen we rose high above the last fortress of the Holy Therns, and then raced straight toward the northeast and Kaol, the destination which I had heard from the lips of Matai Shang.
Upon her deck were Matai Shang, Phaidor, Dejah Thoris, Thuvia of Ptarth, and a few thern warriors, while near her was Thurid in the act of clambering aboard.
Halting only for the brief instant that was required to wrench my sword from the carcass of my late antagonist, I sprang across the chamber to the blank wall beyond, through which the thern had attempted to pass.
And as thern after thern went down beneath my blade, I could almost feel that we should win success in the end, even from apparent failure.
Here the keys which Thuvia bore from the dead thern of the prison vault were the means of giving us immediate entrance to the chamber, and very quickly we were thoroughly outfitted with arms and ammunition.
And again the Holy Thern on watch, should he see a victim he covets, often tramples upon the rights of the unreasoning brutes of the valley and takes his prize by foul means if he cannot gain it by fair.
As the pirates swooped closer toward the ground, thern soldiery poured from the temples into the gardens and courts.
Think you that a thern would demean himself by labour?
The fact that I wore the harness and metal of a thern who had been killed by a member of my party convinced them that I was an enemy of their hereditary foes, and placed me on a better footing in their estimation.
Before Zat Arrras had approached near enough to fire a shot we were again hotly engaged with the thern fleet, and as soon as he drew near he too commenced to pour a terrific fusillade of heavy shot into us.
Which it shows the difference between a No'thern gent an' a Southern gent.
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