The act of Astok, Prince of Dusar, was profanation.
Tell me that there is another, and I shall cut out his foul heart and fling it to the wild calots of the dead sea-bottoms!”Īt touch of the man’s hand upon her flesh the girl went pallid beneath her coppery skin, for the persons of the royal women of the courts of Mars are held but little less than sacred. “By the breast of Issus, thou shalt, nor shall any other come between Astok, Prince of Dusar, and his heart’s desire. The man reached suddenly forth and grasped her by the arm. “I have given you no right thus to address the daughter of Thuvan Dihn, nor have you won such a right.” “You forget yourself, and the customs of Barsoom, Astok,” she said. Her dark eyes looked angrily into those of the man. Her queenly head was poised haughtily upon her smooth red shoulders. The girl sprang to her feet with an exclamation of surprise and displeasure. “Ah, Thuvia of Ptarth,” he cried, “you are cold even before the fiery blasts of my consuming love! No harder than your heart, nor colder is the hard, cold ersite of this thrice happy bench which supports your divine and fadeless form! Tell me, O Thuvia of Ptarth, that I may still hope - that though you do not love me now, yet some day, some day, my princess, I-” Her shapely, sandalled foot tapped impatiently upon the jewel-strewn walk that wound beneath the stately sorapus trees across the scarlet sward of the royal gardens of Thuvan Dihn, Jeddak of Ptarth, as a dark-haired, red-skinned warrior bent low toward her, whispering heated words close to her ear. Upon a massive bench of polished ersite beneath the gorgeous blooms of a giant pimalia a woman sat. This edition is published by dotBook Ltd, and elements of this publication may still be copyright and should not be copied or reproduced without permission.įor further information, please see our Terms & Conditions. It is your responsibility to check whether you should not access this work in your location. This information should be considered as a guide, not an authoritative statement of law. Canada - Australia - New Zealand - United Kingdom - France - Germany - Spain - India - Hong Kong - Singapore - and many others On this basis, the work is believed to be out of copyright and held in the Public Domain in the following countries:
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