![]() ![]() ![]() Not a star shone through that leafy vault. Above me the tangled vines and brambles bent close to form a massed roof, and above them there loomed the higher, gloomier arch of the branches of the great trees. In the dense woods about me there was no sound. I lay still amidst the bushes where I had taken refuge, straining my ears to locate it, for such sounds are illusive in the deep forest. IT WAS THE MUTTER of a drum that awakened me. ‘Don’t do that you’d think I was doing you a favor by kicking you out of this country haven’t I explained that you’re not the proper woman for the war-chief of the Bamulas?’ ‘Crom, girl,’ grunted Conan, embarrassed. ![]() ‘Home? Ophir? My people? Cities, towers, peace, my home?’ Suddenly tears welled into her eyes, and sinking to her knees, she embraced his knees in her arms. She stared up at him as if she had not heard aright. ![]()
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