Quotation from: The Gods of Mars

Written by: Edgar Rice Burroughs


"From scraps of conversation which we overheard it was evident that
the black pirates were searching for a party of fugitives that had
escaped them several days prior. That they considered the capture
of the young woman important was evident from the long and earnest
interview the commander of the fleet held with her when she was
brought to him. Later she was bound and placed in the compartment
with Dejah Thoris and myself.


"The new captive was a very beautiful girl. She told Dejah Thoris
that many years ago she had taken the voluntary pilgrimage from
the court of her father, the Jeddak of Ptarth. She was Thuvia,
the Princess of Ptarth. And then she asked Dejah Thoris who she
might be, and when she heard she fell upon her knees and kissed
Dejah Thoris' fettered hands, and told her that that very morning
she had been with John Carter, Prince of Helium, and Carthoris,
her son.

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