Quotation from: The Chessmen of Mars

Written by: Edgar Rice Burroughs

The girl drew herself to her full height. "The Jed of Gathol
forgets himself," she exclaimed haughtily.

"The Jed of Gathol would forget everything but you, Tara of
Helium," he replied. Fiercely he pressed the soft hand that he
still retained from the last position of the dance. "I love you,
Tara of Helium," he repeated. "Why should your ears refuse to
hear what your eyes but just now did not refuse to see--and
answer?"