| Ages of close relationship and intermarrying had resulted in the race of red men, of which Dejah Thoris was a fair and beautiful daughter. |
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| Can you not draw me a rough map of the country we must traverse, Dejah Thoris? |
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| Should we all go on and perish, there will be none to guide a succoring party to Dejah Thoris and your daughter. |
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| Gently I unclasped her hands from about my neck, and still holding them in mine I told her the story of my love for Dejah Thoris. |
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| He smiled, and said no more, but that night as we were making camp I saw him unfasten Dejah Thoris' fetters himself. |
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| The thought that the divine Dejah Thoris might fall into the clutches of such an abysmal atavism started the cold sweat upon me. |
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| Even Woola seemed to feel the weight of the impending calamity, for he pressed close to Dejah Thoris and to me, whining pitifully. |
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| As I approached I found Dejah Thoris lying prone upon her silks and furs, her lithe form wracked with sobs. |
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| He was soon joined by a quartet of officers, and, with my back against a golden throne, I fought once again for Dejah Thoris. |
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| Two green Martian communities had been wiped off the face of Barsoom by the avenging fleets, but no trace of Dejah Thoris had been found. |
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| When I returned to my palace I found that the rumor already had reached Dejah Thoris, so I told her all that I had heard. |
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| Mounting, Sola upon one beast, and Dejah Thoris behind me upon the other, we rode from the city of Thark through the hills to the south. |
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| As I was approaching Dejah Thoris' chariot I passed Sarkoja, and the black, venomous look she accorded me was the sweetest balm I had felt for many hours. |
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| While I was much interested in Dejah Thoris' explanation of this wonderful adjunct to Martian warfare, I was more concerned by the immediate problem of their treatment of her. |
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| As I wandered along the corridors, I was as absolutely lost in the mazes of winding passageways as I had been before I discovered Dejah Thoris' apartments. |
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| I then dispatched Sola to bring the bedding and such food and utensils as she might need, telling her that I would guard Dejah Thoris until her return. |
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| In the same deathly silence I grasped Dejah Thoris by the hand, and motioning Sola to follow we sped noiselessly from the chamber and to the floor above. |
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