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For an instant the Mercurians were stunned. Then some of them vented hissing sounds of rage, while others prostrated themselves on the floor. The black giant watched them narrowly for a moment, then turned his attention to Morones. He seized him by the arm and drew him slowly and irresistibly to him. FOR AN INSTANT THE MERCURIANS WERE STUNNED THEN SOME OF THEM VENTED HISSING SOUNDS OF RAGE WHILE OTHERS PROSTRATED THEMSELVES ON THE FLOOR THE BLACK GIANT WATCHED THEM NARROWLY FOR A MOMENT THEN TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO MORONES HE SEIZED HIM BY THE ARM AND DREW HIM SLOWLY AND IRRESISTIBLY TO HIM
k as egglets!" He stepped down, picked Morones up by one shoulder, and held him, dangling, high over the heads of all. Morones clawed and tore at the brawny arm. He made a ludicrous picture. Soon the simple natives made a sniffling sound of mirth, and the Plutonian, satisfied at last, set him down again. "He tells truth!" The Old Wise One had climbed to the top of the stone block. "The Lords of the Green Star have their power not in their bodies, but it is great. It is greater far than the frogfolk. It is greater than the Lords of the Outer Orbit. They will come even as the surly one has said, and great shall be our sorrow. It is not yet too late. Release him, and deliver to him the white sap. Seize this evil one--" The feeble, fickle minds were being swayed again. In a gust of impatience, the Plutonian stepped down, seized the aged chief's skinny body in his great black hands, and snapped him in two. There was a tearing of tough cords and tissue, and the two halves fell into the fire.  LIES HE BELLOWED SEE THEY ARE WEAK AND EGGLETS HE STEPPED DOWN PICKED MARON'S UP BY ONE SHOULDER AND HELD HIM DANGLING HIGH ABOVE THE HEADS OF ALL MORONES CLAWED AND TORE AT THE BROIDERY ARM HE MADE A LUDICROUS PITCHER SOON THE SIMPLE NATIVES MADE A SNIFFLING SOUND OF MIRTH AND THE PLUTONIAN SATISFIED AT LAST SET HIM DOWN AGAIN HE TELLS TRUTH THE OLD WISE ONE HAD CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF THE STONE BLOCK THE LORDS OF THE GREEN STAR HAVE THEIR POWER NOT IN THEIR BODIES BUT IT IS GREAT IT IS GREATER FAR THAN THE FROG FOLK IT IS GREATER THAN THE LORDS OF THE OUTER ORBIT THEY WILL COME EVEN AS THE SURLY ONE HAS SAID AND GREAT SHALL BE OUR SORROW IT IS NOT YET TOO LATE RELEASE HIM AND DELIVER TO HIM THE WHITE SAP SEIZE THIS EVIL ONE THE FEEBLE FICKLE MINDS WERE BEING SWAYED AGAIN IN A GUST OF IMPATIENCE THE PLUTONIAN STEPPED DOWN SEIZED THE OLD CHIEF'S SKINNY BODY IN HIS GREAT BLACK HANDS AND SNAPPED HIM IN TWO THERE WAS A TEARING OF TOUGH CORDS AND TISSUE AND THE TWO HALVES FELL INTO THE FIRE
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