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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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Sarka
was
now
conscious
of
the
fact
that
the
heat
of
their
prison-house--whose
character
they
did
not
as
yet
know--was
becoming
almost
unbearable.
They
were
alone,
too,
for
the
Gnomes
had
not
entered
the
door
of
triangle.
Sarka
partially
removed
his
life
mask,
and
testing
the
atmosphere
of
the
place,
found
it
capable
of
being
breathed
without
the
mask.
He
signalled
mentally
to
Jaska
to
remove
her
mask,
and
when
the
girl
had
done
so
he
took
her
in
his
arms
and
kissed
her
on
the
lips.
She
accepted
his
caress,
but
did
not
return
it,
and
her
eyes
still
peered
deeply
into
his.
"Well,
beloved,"
he
said.
"I
am
terribly
sorry.
But
I
did
not
want
you
to
come
because
I
was
afraid
that
something
of
this
sort
would
happen."
She
did
not
answer.
"What
is
it,
Jaska?"
he
said
at
last.
"What
did
you
think
of
that
woman?"
she
asked
softly.
"Beautiful!"
he
said
enthusiastically.
"Fearfully
beautiful!
But
did
you
see
her
eyes?
She
had
no
more
mercy
in
her
heart
than
if
she
were
made
of
stone!
And
she
hated
us
both
the
moment
she
saw
us!"
"And
you,
Sarka--did
you
hate
her,
too?"
Sarka
stared
at
her,
not
comprehending.
"I
feel,"
he
said,
"that
if
we
are
ever
to
escape
her,
we
must
kill
her,
or
render
her
incapable
of
retaining
us!"
Then,
of
her
own
accord,
Jaska
placed
her
arms
around
Sarka,
and
gave
him
her
lips.
Her
new
behavior
was
as
incomprehensible
to
Sarka
as
her
former
enigmatic
expression
had
been.
Wise
in
the
ways
of
science
was
Sarka,
but
he
knew
nothing
of
women!
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