? ? ? ? As I came near to them I saw that the figure on the thoat was Sola.
? ? ? ? "Where is the Princess of Helium?" I cried.
? ? ? ? The green girl slid from her mighty mount and ran toward me.
? ? ? ? "O my Prince! My Prince!" she cried. "She is gone for ever. Even now she may be a captive upon the lesser moon. The black pirates of Barsoom have stolen her."
? ? ? ? Once within the palace, I drew Sola to the dining hall, and, when she had greeted her father after the formal manner of the green men, she told the story of the pilgrimage and capture of Dejah Thoris.
? ? ? ? "Seven days ago, after her audience with Zat Arras, Dejah Thoris attempted to slip from the palace in the dead of night. Although I had not heard the outcome of her interview with Zat Arras I knew that something had occurred then to cause her the keenest mental agony, and when I discovered her creeping from the palace I did not need to be told her destination.
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