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Mabel Fuller Blodgett. At the Queen's Mercy
At the Queen’s Mercy
Table of Contents
Chapter I. A Slave’s Secret
Chapter II. The Pass of Blood
Chapter III. What Next Befell
Chapter IV. At the Queen’s Mercy
Chapter V. Astolba’s Errand
Chapter VI. The Cup of the Beast
Chapter VII. The High Priest’s Council
Chapter VIII. In the Cage
Chapter IX. The Mad Man of the Moon
Chapter X. The Red Witch holds her Revel
Chapter XI. The Treasure House of Edba and of Hed
Chapter XII. The Dance of the Maidens
Chapter XIII. A Strange Story
Chapter XIV. The Flower of Death
Chapter XV. The White Dove’s Flight
Chapter XVI. Zobo the Mighty Wrestles
Chapter XVII. Check to the Queen
Chapter XVIII. The Wisdom of Hubla
Chapter XIX. For Life, for Love, for Freedom
Chapter XX. The Beginning of the End
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Mabel Fuller Blodgett
Published by Good Press, 2022
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The end would not be long. Presently the savage spoke, and in the dialect of the neighboring tribe, but with the words somewhat clipped and altered as one speaking a strange language to strange ears.
“I am Sagamoso, priest of the Council,” he said, “and the door of Shimra opens.” He raised himself with pain, upon his elbow, and his eyes glittered strangely in the firelight. “Nevertheless, promise, O men of white countenance, that you will bury me, my feet to the rising sun, ashes upon my breast, in the name of Edba and of Hed; and deep, deep, so that no beast shall rend me, no enemy loose me from my grave. Inasmuch shall I escape the last evil.”
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