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A Fighting Man of Mars (Large Print): (Edgar Rice Burroughs John Carter Barsoom Book 7 Masterpiece Collection)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Paperback. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2014-04-26.
ISBN 9781499278453
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Unless he is as marvelous a swordsman as the great John Carter himself, " said the dwar of the palace guard with a thinly veiled sneer. "It is all a plot, " cried Sil Vagis. "Do you take the word of a slave, Tor Hatan, against that of a noble of Helium?" "I rely on the testimony of my eyes and my senses, " replied the odwar, and he turned his back upon Sil Vagis and again addressed the slave. "Didst thou recognize any of those who abducted Sanoma Tora, " he demanded, "or note their harness or their metal?" "I got no good look at the face of any of them, but I did see the harness and the metal of him whom I tried to drag from the flier." "Was it the metal of Hastor?" asked Tor Hatan. "By my first ancestor, it was not, " replied the slave emphatically; "nor was it the metal of any other city of the Empire of Helium. The design and the insignia were unknown to me, and yet there was a certain familiarity about them that tantalizes me. I feel that I have seen them before, but when and where I cannot recall. In the service of my jed I fought invaders from many lands and it may be that upon some of these I saw similar metal many years ago." "Are you satisfied, Tor Hatan, " I demanded, "that the aspersions cast upon me by Sil Vagis are without foundation?" "Yes, Hadron of Hastor, " replied the odwar. "Then with your leave, I shall depart, " I said. "Where are you going?" he asked. "To find Sanoma Tora, " I replied
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