? ? ? ? "In a moment the thing shall have been done and we may return to the battle, while she who is now the Princess of Helium looks down from the queen's tower upon the annihilation of her former countrymen and witnesses the greatness which is her husband's."
? ? ? ? Then, turning to a courtier, he issued some command in a low voice.
? ? ? ? The addressed hastened to a small door at the far end of the chamber and, swinging it wide, cried: "Way for Dejah Thoris, future Queen of Okar!"
? ? ? ? Immediately two guardsmen appeared dragging the unwilling bride toward the altar. Her hands were still manacled behind her, evidently to prevent suicide.
? ? ? ? Her disheveled hair and panting bosom betokened that, chained though she was, still had she fought against the thing that they would do to her.
? ? ? ? At sight of her Salensus Oll rose and drew his sword, and the sword of each of the fifty nobles was raised on high to form an arch, beneath which the poor, beautiful creature was dragged toward her doom.
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