'Gold, power, and position,' grunted Brule. 'But being a wizard, having knowledge of all the ages and despising gold, glory, and position, what could Kaanuub offer Tuzun Thune that would make of him a foul traitor?' Like the surface of the sea was the mirror of Tuzun Thune hard as the sea in the sun's slanting beams, in the darkness of the stars, where no eye can pierce her deeps vast and mystic as the sea when the sun smites her in such way that the watcher's breath is caught at the glimpse of tremendous abysses.The throng shouted, women flung roses from the roofs as the rhythmic chiming of silver hoofs came clearer and the first of the mighty array swung into view in the broad white street that curved round the golden-spired Tower of Splendor. The blare of the trumpets grew louder, like a deep golden tide surge, like the soft booming of the evening tides against the silver beaches of Valusia.His mouth yawned in a red cavern of a grin he bore himself with the haughty arrogance of savage might. Massive, terrible, he was the personification of the primitive, the Stone Age. The gorilla-slayer moved out into the glade.'I have never yet done a man to death by torture, but by God, sir, you tempt me!'.'Men shall die for this,' he said coldly. Yet he made no wild, reckless vow, swore no oath by saints or devils. A dark scowl had settled on his somber brow. Slowly he rose, mechanically wiping his hands upon his cloak.Quotes I have never yet done a man to death by torture, but by God, sir, you tempt me! They claimed that the old man had a knuckle-duster on his right, which is ridiculous and a dirty lie. 1.39 'The Lost Valley of Iskander' (1974).1.36 'The Blue Flame of Vengeance' (1968).1.34 'Riders Beyond the Sunrise' (1967).1.17 'The Pool of the Black One' (1933).1.14 'The Tower of the Elephant' (1933).1.3 'The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune' (1929).

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