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Burroughs, Edgar Rice
"The Gods Of Mars"
When they carry her dear body from that terrible place a year hence let them find the body of her lord awaiting her."
? ? ? ? Of what happened after that I have only a confused recollection. It seems as though I struggled with many men, and then that I was picked bodily from the ground and borne away. I do not know. I have never asked, nor has any other who was there that day intruded on my sorrow or recalled to my mind the occurrences which they know could but at best reopen the terrible wound within my heart.
? ? ? ? Ah! If I could but know one thing, what a burden of suspense would be lifted from my shoulders! But whether the assassin's dagger reached one fair bosom or another, only time will divulge.
Colophon
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