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She was a prisoner in the house of FalSivas, and she was assigned to me there
to be my slave.
It seemed hopeless, and I resigned myself to wait with
composurewhatever might occur. He had two of them, one directly above the
other.
If youcan free your mind of this inhibition, you can see them as plainly
asyou see me. It is strange, remarked Jat Or, that no one has challenged us
orpaid any attention to our presence.
She was standing before a dais upon which
were two largeornate throne chairs. I moved toward him, and again he changed
his position.
I would kill either Jat Or or myself, she replied.
The thought
caused me to smile, and as I did so I saw animmediate reaction in my cell-mate.
I wheeled instantly to see what danger confronted her. His nose was wide and
flat, with upturned nostrils.
A world thatno earthman nor any Barsoomian had
ever visited.
I can tell you, he said, but that does not mean that you will
beable to see them. I was conscious of much the same sensation myself. Then,
and not until then, would we knowthe outcome of this phase of our adventure.
Because he conquered Zodanga; because all her sorrows resulted fromthe fall of
the city. I wondered if it were endowed with speech, and so I addressed it. As
I glanced at him again, I noticed a surprising change in hisappearance.
I will
prepare it, master, and serve you in the cabin, she said.
Our ship had settled
quietly to the ground beside that of Gar Nal. Notice, for instance, the benches
anddivans along the walls of this corridor. The room was gorgeous, almost
barbaric in its decoration. As she left the control room, Jat Ors eyes followed
her.
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