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     ;Komal�察─  �muttered   Jav。       ;He   sprang   upon   me   。   。   。   and   would   have 

devoured   me   but   for   the   girl。   Then   they   went   away   together   into   the 

woodthe   girl   and   the   great   banth   。   。   。   her   fingers   twined   in   his   tawny 

mane。; 

     ;Which way went they�拭─�asked Carthoris。 

     ;There�察─�replied Jav faintly�察 �toward the passage through the cliffs。; 

     The Prince of Helium waited to hear no more�察�but springing to his feet�察�

raced back again into the forest。 

     It was dawn when he reached the mouth of the dark tunnel that would 

lead him to the other world beyond this valley of ghostly memories and 

strange hypnotic influences and menaces。 

     Within   the   long�察  �dark   passages   he   met   with   no   accident   or   obstacle�察�

coming   at   last   into   the   light   of day  beyond   the   mountains�察  �and no   great 

distance from the southern verge of the domains of the Torquasians�察�not 

more than one hundred and fifty haad at the most。 

     From the boundary of Torquas to the city of Aaanthor is a distance of 

some two hundred haads�察�so that the Heliumite had before him a journey 



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of    more    than   one   hundred     and    fifty  Earth   miles    between     him   and 

Aaanthor。 

     He   could   at   best   but   hazard  a   chance   guess   that   toward   Aaanthor 

Thuvia   would   take   her   flight。     There   lay   the   nearest   water�察  �and   there 

might be expected some day a rescuing party from her father's empire�察�for 

Carthoris knew Thuvan Dihn well enough to know that he would leave no 

stone   unturned   until   he   had   tracked   down   the   truth   as   to   his   daughter's 

abduction�察�and learned all that there might be to learn of her whereabouts。 

     He   realized�察  �of   course�察  �that   the   trick   which   had   laid   suspicion   upon 

him would greatly delay the discovery of the truth�察�but little did he guess 

to what vast proportions had the results of the villainy of Astok of Dusar 

already grown。 

     Even as he emerged from the mouth of the passage to look across the 

foothills in the direction of Aaanthor�察�a Ptarth battle fleet was winging its 

majestic   way   slowly   toward   the   twin   cities   of   Helium�察  �while   from   far 

distant Kaol raced another mighty armada to join forces with its ally。 

     He did not know that in the face of the circumstantial evidence against 

him even his own people had commenced to entertain suspicions that he 

might have stolen the Ptarthian princess。 

     He   did   not   know  of   the   lengths   to   which   the   Dusarians   had gone   to 

disrupt the friendship and alliance which existed between the three great 

powers of the eastern hemisphereHelium�察�Ptarth and Kaol。 

     How Dusarian emissaries had found employment in important posts in 

the foreign offices of the three great nations�察�and how�察�through these men�察�

messages   from  one   jeddak   to   another   were   altered   and garbled   until   the 

patience and pride of the three rulers and former friends could no longer 

endure the humiliations and insults contained in these falsified papersnot 

any of this he knew。 

     Nor did he know how even to the last John Carter�察�Warlord of Mars�察�

had refused to permit the jeddak of Helium to declare war against either 

Ptarth or Kaol�察�because of his implicit belief in his son�察�and that eventually 

all would be satisfactorily explained。 

     And     now    two   great   fleets  were    moving     upon    Helium�察    �while   the 



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Dusarian spies   at the  court of Tardos   Mors saw  to it   that the  twin   cities 

remained in ignorance of their danger。 

     War had been declared by Thuvan Dihn�察�but the messenger who had 

been dispatched with the proclamation had been a Dusarian who had seen 

to it that no word of warning reached the twin cities of the approach of a 

hostile fleet。 

     For    several   days    diplomatic     relations   had    been   severed     between 

Helium and her two most powerful neighbors�察�and with the departure of 

the    ministers    had   come    a  total   cessation    of  wireless    communication 

between the disputants�察�as is usual upon Barsoom。 

     But   of   all   this   Carthoris   was   ignorant。   All   that   interested   him   at 

present was the finding of Thuvia of Ptarth。              Her trail beside that of the 

huge banth had been well marked to the tunnel�察�and was once more visible 

leading southward into the foothills。 

     As he followed rapidly downward toward the dead sea´ bottom�察�where 

he knew he must lose the spoor in the resilient ochre vegetation�察�he was 

suddenly surprised to see a naked man approaching him from the north´ 

east。 

     As   the   fellow   drew   closer�察  �Carthoris   halted   to   await   his   coming。   He 

knew that the man was unarmed�察�and that he was apparently a Lotharian�察�

for his skin was white and his hair auburn。 

     He   approached   the   Heliumite   without   sign   of   fear�察  �and   when   quite 

close called out the cheery Barsoomian ;kaor; of greeting。 

     ;Who are you�拭─�asked Carthoris。 

     ;I   am   Kar   Komak�察     �odwar    of  the  bowmen�察─      �replied   the  other。   ;A 

strange thing has happened to me。             For ages Tario has been bringing me 

into existence as he needed the services of the army of his mind。                   Of all 

the bowmen it has been Kar Komak who has been oftenest materialized。 

     ;For   a   long   time   Tario   has   been   concentrating   his   mind   upon   my 

permanent materialization。          It has been an obsession with him that some 

day this thing could be accomplished and the future of Lothar assured。 He 

asserted   that   matter   was   nonexistent   except   in   the   imagination   of   man 

that all was mental�察�and so he believed that by persisting in his suggestion 



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he could eventually make of me a permanent suggestion in the minds of 

all creatures。    ;Yesterday he succeeded�察�but at such a time�             �It must have 

come   all   unknown   to   him�察 �as   it   came   to   me   without   my  knowledge�察  �as�察�

with my horde of yelling bowmen�察�I pursued the fleeing Torquasians back 

to their ochre plains。 

     ;As darkness settled and the time came for us to fade once more into 

thin air�察�I suddenly found   myself alone upon the   edge of the great   plain 

which lies yonder at the foot of the low hills。 

     ;My   men   were   gone   back   to   the   nothingness   from   which   they   had 

sprung�察�but I remain
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