? ? ? ? Presently fifty of the mightiest nobles of the greatest courts of Mars marched down the broad Aisle of Hope bearing a splendid car upon their shoulders, and as the people saw who sat within, the cheers that had rung out for me paled into insignificance beside those which thundered through the vast edifice now, for she whom the nobles carried was Dejah Thoris, beloved Princess of Helium.
? ? ? ? Straight to the Throne of Righteousness they bore her, and there Tardos Mors assisted her from the car, leading her forward to my side.
? ? ? ? "Let a world's most beautiful woman share the honor of her husband," he said.
? ? ? ? Before them all I drew my wife close to me and kissed her upon the lips.
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