? ? ? ? Emaciated arms and legs attached to a torso which seemed to be mostly distorted abdomen completed the "holy vision of her radiant beauty."
? ? ? ? Surrounding her were a number of female slaves, among them Phaidor, white and trembling.
? ? ? ? "This is the man who slew seven of the First Born and, bare-handed, bound Dator Xodar with his own harness?" asked Issus.
? ? ? ? "Most glorious vision of divine loveliness, it is," replied the officer who stood at my side.
? ? ? ? "Produce Dator Xodar," she commanded.
? ? ? ? Xodar was brought from the adjoining room.
? ? ? ? Issus glared at him, a baleful light in her hideous eyes.
? ? ? ? "And such as you are a Dator of the First Born?" she squealed. "For the disgrace you have brought upon the Immortal Race you shall be degraded to a rank below the lowest. No longer be you a Dator, but for evermore a slave of slaves, to fetch and carry for the lower orders that serve in the gardens of Issus.
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