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"The man of Barsoom," she finally ventured, "does not ask personal questions of women, except his mother, and the woman he has fought for and won."
Then she put her eyeglass up, and gazed at her show pupil disturbedly.
It is better for the poor little plaything to die so, than to live.
"My father," he said, "is in his bath, so you cannot thank him personally.
