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but ready to rise.
Uponherdeckwer [link widoczny dla zalogowanych][link widoczny dla zalogowanych]taiShangPhaidorDejahThorisThuviaof
PtarthandafewthernwarriorswhilenearherwasThuridintheactof
clambering aboard.
Hewasnottenpacesfrommefacingintheoppositedirection;and
whatcruelfreakoffateshouldhavecausedhimtoturnaboutjustasmy
eyes topped the roof's edge I may not even guess.
Butturnhedid;andwhenhiseyesmetminehiswickedfacelighted
withamalignantsmileasheleapedtowardmewhereIwashastening
to scramble to the secure footing of the roof.
DejahThorismusthaveseenmeatthesameinstantforshescreamed
auselesswarningjustasThurid'sfootswinginginamightykick
landed full in my face.
Like a felled oxI reeled and tumbled backward over the tower's side.
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Chapter5
On the Kaolian Road
Iftherebeafatethatissometimescrueltometheresurelyisakindand
merciful Providence which watches over me.
AsItoppledfromthetowerintothehorridabyssbelowIcountedmy-
selfalreadydead;andThuridmusthavedonelikewiseforheevidently
didnoteventroublehimselftolookaftermebutmusthaveturnedand
mounted the waiting flier at once.
TenfeetonlyIfellandthenaloopofmytoughleathernharness
caughtupononeofthecylindricalstoneprojectionsinthetower'ssur-
face��andheld.EvenwhenIhadceasedtofallIcouldnotbelievethyilai:
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Please meet me at the Gare du Nord2
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