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Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

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KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE The morning of the second day of her incarceration in the east tower of the palace of Astok, Prince of Dusar, found Thuvia of Ptarth waiting in dull apathy the coming of the assassin.

She had exhausted every possibility of escape, going over and over again the door and the windows, the floor and the walls.

The solid ersite slabs she could not even scratch; the tough Barsoomian glass of the windows would have shattered to nothing less than a heavy sledge in the hands of a strong man.

The door and the lock were impregnable.

There was no escape.

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Chapter XIV

Chapter 14

Chapter 14 of Thuvia, maid of Mars is here in full — 540 sentences across 108 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE The morning of the second day of her incarceration in the east tower of the palace of Astok, Prince of Dusar, found Thuvia of Ptarth waiting in dull apathy the coming of the assassin. She had exhausted every possibility of escape, going over and over again the door and the windows, the floor and the walls. The solid ersite slabs she could not even scratch; the tough Barsoomian glass of the windows would have shattered to nothing less than a heavy sledge in the hands of a strong man. The door and the lock were impregnable. There was no escape.

Thuvia, maid of Mars

Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

Chapter 14 of Thuvia, maid of Mars is here in full — 540 sentences across 108 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Line 1

KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE The morning of the second day of her incarceration in the east tower of the palace of Astok, Prince of Dusar, found Thuvia of Ptarth waiting in dull apathy the coming of the assassin.

Line 2

She had exhausted every possibility of escape, going over and over again the door and the windows, the floor and the walls.

Line 3

The solid ersite slabs she could not even scratch; the tough Barsoomian glass of the windows would have shattered to nothing less than a heavy sledge in the hands of a strong man.

Line 4

The door and the lock were impregnable.

Line 5

There was no escape.

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a

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From this reading The solid ersite slabs she could not even scratch; the tough Barsoomian glass of the windows would have shattered to nothing less than a heavy sledge in the hands of a strong man.

again

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From this reading She had exhausted every possibility of escape, going over and over again the door and the windows, the floor and the walls.

and

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From this reading She had exhausted every possibility of escape, going over and over again the door and the windows, the floor and the walls.

apathy

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From this reading KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE The morning of the second day of her incarceration in the east tower of the palace of Astok, Prince of Dusar, found Thuvia of Ptarth waiting in dull apathy the coming of the assassin.

assassin

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From this reading KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE The morning of the second day of her incarceration in the east tower of the palace of Astok, Prince of Dusar, found Thuvia of Ptarth waiting in dull apathy the coming of the assassin.

Astok

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From this reading KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE The morning of the second day of her incarceration in the east tower of the palace of Astok, Prince of Dusar, found Thuvia of Ptarth waiting in dull apathy the coming of the assassin.

Barsoomian

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From this reading The solid ersite slabs she could not even scratch; the tough Barsoomian glass of the windows would have shattered to nothing less than a heavy sledge in the hands of a strong man.

coming

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From this reading KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE The morning of the second day of her incarceration in the east tower of the palace of Astok, Prince of Dusar, found Thuvia of Ptarth waiting in dull apathy the coming of the assassin.

could

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From this reading The solid ersite slabs she could not even scratch; the tough Barsoomian glass of the windows would have shattered to nothing less than a heavy sledge in the hands of a strong man.

day

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From this reading KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE The morning of the second day of her incarceration in the east tower of the palace of Astok, Prince of Dusar, found Thuvia of Ptarth waiting in dull apathy the coming of the assassin.

door

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From this reading She had exhausted every possibility of escape, going over and over again the door and the windows, the floor and the walls.

dull

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From this reading KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE The morning of the second day of her incarceration in the east tower of the palace of Astok, Prince of Dusar, found Thuvia of Ptarth waiting in dull apathy the coming of the assassin.

Dusar

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From this reading KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE The morning of the second day of her incarceration in the east tower of the palace of Astok, Prince of Dusar, found Thuvia of Ptarth waiting in dull apathy the coming of the assassin.

east

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From this reading KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE The morning of the second day of her incarceration in the east tower of the palace of Astok, Prince of Dusar, found Thuvia of Ptarth waiting in dull apathy the coming of the assassin.

ersite

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From this reading The solid ersite slabs she could not even scratch; the tough Barsoomian glass of the windows would have shattered to nothing less than a heavy sledge in the hands of a strong man.

escape

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From this reading She had exhausted every possibility of escape, going over and over again the door and the windows, the floor and the walls.

even

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From this reading The solid ersite slabs she could not even scratch; the tough Barsoomian glass of the windows would have shattered to nothing less than a heavy sledge in the hands of a strong man.

every

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From this reading She had exhausted every possibility of escape, going over and over again the door and the windows, the floor and the walls.

exhausted

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From this reading She had exhausted every possibility of escape, going over and over again the door and the windows, the floor and the walls.

floor

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From this reading She had exhausted every possibility of escape, going over and over again the door and the windows, the floor and the walls.

found

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From this reading KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE The morning of the second day of her incarceration in the east tower of the palace of Astok, Prince of Dusar, found Thuvia of Ptarth waiting in dull apathy the coming of the assassin.

glass

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From this reading The solid ersite slabs she could not even scratch; the tough Barsoomian glass of the windows would have shattered to nothing less than a heavy sledge in the hands of a strong man.

going

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From this reading She had exhausted every possibility of escape, going over and over again the door and the windows, the floor and the walls.

had

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From this reading She had exhausted every possibility of escape, going over and over again the door and the windows, the floor and the walls.

hands

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From this reading The solid ersite slabs she could not even scratch; the tough Barsoomian glass of the windows would have shattered to nothing less than a heavy sledge in the hands of a strong man.

have

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From this reading The solid ersite slabs she could not even scratch; the tough Barsoomian glass of the windows would have shattered to nothing less than a heavy sledge in the hands of a strong man.

heavy

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From this reading The solid ersite slabs she could not even scratch; the tough Barsoomian glass of the windows would have shattered to nothing less than a heavy sledge in the hands of a strong man.

her

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From this reading KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE The morning of the second day of her incarceration in the east tower of the palace of Astok, Prince of Dusar, found Thuvia of Ptarth waiting in dull apathy the coming of the assassin.

impregnable

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From this reading The door and the lock were impregnable.

in

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From this reading KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE The morning of the second day of her incarceration in the east tower of the palace of Astok, Prince of Dusar, found Thuvia of Ptarth waiting in dull apathy the coming of the assassin.

incarceration

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From this reading KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE The morning of the second day of her incarceration in the east tower of the palace of Astok, Prince of Dusar, found Thuvia of Ptarth waiting in dull apathy the coming of the assassin.

KULAN

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From this reading KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE The morning of the second day of her incarceration in the east tower of the palace of Astok, Prince of Dusar, found Thuvia of Ptarth waiting in dull apathy the coming of the assassin.

less

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From this reading The solid ersite slabs she could not even scratch; the tough Barsoomian glass of the windows would have shattered to nothing less than a heavy sledge in the hands of a strong man.

lock

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From this reading The door and the lock were impregnable.

man

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From this reading The solid ersite slabs she could not even scratch; the tough Barsoomian glass of the windows would have shattered to nothing less than a heavy sledge in the hands of a strong man.

morning

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From this reading KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE The morning of the second day of her incarceration in the east tower of the palace of Astok, Prince of Dusar, found Thuvia of Ptarth waiting in dull apathy the coming of the assassin.

no

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From this reading There was no escape.

not

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From this reading The solid ersite slabs she could not even scratch; the tough Barsoomian glass of the windows would have shattered to nothing less than a heavy sledge in the hands of a strong man.

nothing

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From this reading The solid ersite slabs she could not even scratch; the tough Barsoomian glass of the windows would have shattered to nothing less than a heavy sledge in the hands of a strong man.

of

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From this reading KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE The morning of the second day of her incarceration in the east tower of the palace of Astok, Prince of Dusar, found Thuvia of Ptarth waiting in dull apathy the coming of the assassin.

over

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From this reading She had exhausted every possibility of escape, going over and over again the door and the windows, the floor and the walls.

palace

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From this reading KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE The morning of the second day of her incarceration in the east tower of the palace of Astok, Prince of Dusar, found Thuvia of Ptarth waiting in dull apathy the coming of the assassin.

possibility

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From this reading She had exhausted every possibility of escape, going over and over again the door and the windows, the floor and the walls.

Prince

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From this reading KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE The morning of the second day of her incarceration in the east tower of the palace of Astok, Prince of Dusar, found Thuvia of Ptarth waiting in dull apathy the coming of the assassin.

Ptarth

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From this reading KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE The morning of the second day of her incarceration in the east tower of the palace of Astok, Prince of Dusar, found Thuvia of Ptarth waiting in dull apathy the coming of the assassin.

SACRIFICE

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From this reading KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE The morning of the second day of her incarceration in the east tower of the palace of Astok, Prince of Dusar, found Thuvia of Ptarth waiting in dull apathy the coming of the assassin.

scratch

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From this reading The solid ersite slabs she could not even scratch; the tough Barsoomian glass of the windows would have shattered to nothing less than a heavy sledge in the hands of a strong man.

second

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From this reading KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE The morning of the second day of her incarceration in the east tower of the palace of Astok, Prince of Dusar, found Thuvia of Ptarth waiting in dull apathy the coming of the assassin.

shattered

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From this reading The solid ersite slabs she could not even scratch; the tough Barsoomian glass of the windows would have shattered to nothing less than a heavy sledge in the hands of a strong man.

She

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From this reading She had exhausted every possibility of escape, going over and over again the door and the windows, the floor and the walls.

slabs

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From this reading The solid ersite slabs she could not even scratch; the tough Barsoomian glass of the windows would have shattered to nothing less than a heavy sledge in the hands of a strong man.

sledge

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From this reading The solid ersite slabs she could not even scratch; the tough Barsoomian glass of the windows would have shattered to nothing less than a heavy sledge in the hands of a strong man.

solid

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From this reading The solid ersite slabs she could not even scratch; the tough Barsoomian glass of the windows would have shattered to nothing less than a heavy sledge in the hands of a strong man.

strong

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From this reading The solid ersite slabs she could not even scratch; the tough Barsoomian glass of the windows would have shattered to nothing less than a heavy sledge in the hands of a strong man.

than

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From this reading The solid ersite slabs she could not even scratch; the tough Barsoomian glass of the windows would have shattered to nothing less than a heavy sledge in the hands of a strong man.

The

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From this reading KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE The morning of the second day of her incarceration in the east tower of the palace of Astok, Prince of Dusar, found Thuvia of Ptarth waiting in dull apathy the coming of the assassin.

There

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From this reading There was no escape.

Thuvia

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From this reading KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE The morning of the second day of her incarceration in the east tower of the palace of Astok, Prince of Dusar, found Thuvia of Ptarth waiting in dull apathy the coming of the assassin.

TITH'S

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From this reading KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE The morning of the second day of her incarceration in the east tower of the palace of Astok, Prince of Dusar, found Thuvia of Ptarth waiting in dull apathy the coming of the assassin.

to

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From this reading The solid ersite slabs she could not even scratch; the tough Barsoomian glass of the windows would have shattered to nothing less than a heavy sledge in the hands of a strong man.

tough

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From this reading The solid ersite slabs she could not even scratch; the tough Barsoomian glass of the windows would have shattered to nothing less than a heavy sledge in the hands of a strong man.

tower

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From this reading KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE The morning of the second day of her incarceration in the east tower of the palace of Astok, Prince of Dusar, found Thuvia of Ptarth waiting in dull apathy the coming of the assassin.

waiting

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From this reading KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE The morning of the second day of her incarceration in the east tower of the palace of Astok, Prince of Dusar, found Thuvia of Ptarth waiting in dull apathy the coming of the assassin.

walls

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From this reading She had exhausted every possibility of escape, going over and over again the door and the windows, the floor and the walls.

was

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From this reading There was no escape.

were

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From this reading The door and the lock were impregnable.

windows

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From this reading She had exhausted every possibility of escape, going over and over again the door and the windows, the floor and the walls.

would

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From this reading The solid ersite slabs she could not even scratch; the tough Barsoomian glass of the windows would have shattered to nothing less than a heavy sledge in the hands of a strong man.

Chapter 14 of Thuvia, maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs holds 540 sentences, grouped into 108 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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