There is no one here to send me any message I would
care to hear, shesaid.
Of course you are not very intelligent,but you
might be able to pass because you are so strong.
As a matter of fact, I didnt know,
myself.
We shall draw lots for him, said the First
Jed.
She isthe best looking woman they have captured for
a long time.
The Fifth Jed, who had rejected me, said nothing.
Do not touch me, hormad, she said, or I shall call the guard. When I told John
Carter and Ras Thavas about it, they had a good laugh.
Take him to Ras Thavas, and tell RasThavas to take
out his brain and burn it. I saw Ras Thavass browclear as though he had suddenly
arrived at the solution of a problem.
I told him of the fear that had suddenly assailed
me. I wanted to see what it was that the jeds saw in women.
Do not touch me, hormad, she said, or I shall call
the guard.
All their reactions arepurely mechanical. I can go
wherever I please on the island of Morbusexcept into the private quarters of the
jeds.
He was Ulysses Paxton of Jasoom, andhe was my
assistant in my laboratory at Toonol. Countless billions died before the first human
brokethrough his prison walls into the light of day.
I am treated well, have plenty to eat and a
niceplace to sleep, and I do not have to work hard. I have come after my slave
woman, replied the latter. It is easy to say, but impossible toaccomplish.