? ? ? ? There was Tars Tarkas, Jeddak of Thark, and Xodar, Jeddak of the First Born; there was Talu, Jeddak of Jeddaks of the North, whom I could have sworn was still in his ice-bound hothouse city beyond the northern barrier, and among them sat Tardos Mors and Mors Kajak, with enough lesser jeds and jeddaks to make up the thirty-one who must sit in judgment upon their fellow-man.
? ? ? ? A right royal tribunal indeed, and such a one, I warrant, as never before sat together during all the history of ancient Mars.
? ? ? ? As I entered, silence fell upon the great concourse of people that packed the auditorium. Then Tardos Mors arose.
? ? ? ? "John Carter," he said in his deep, martial voice, "take your place upon the Pedestal of Truth, for you are to be tried by a fair and impartial tribunal of your fellow-men.
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