"I have never yet done a man to death by torture, but by God, sir, you tempt me!"

"The gorilla-slayer moved out into the glade. Massive, terrible, he was the personification of the primitive, the Ston…"

"A true fanatic, his promptings were reasons enough for his actions."

"The blare of the trumpets grew louder, like a deep golden tide surge, like the soft booming of the evening tides agai…"

"Like the surface of the sea was the mirror of Tuzun Thune; hard as the sea in the sun's slanting beams, in the darkne…"

"Kull was still mazed. "But being a wizard, having knowledge of all the ages and despising gold, glory, and position, …"

"For there are worlds beyond worlds, as Kull knows, and whether the wizard bewitched him by words or by mesmerism, vis…"

"Fool that I was to trust a Frenchman!"

"My sorcerer is rattling his bones," whispered the host, then laughed wildly. "Dying, he swore his very bones would we…"

"Slowly he rose, mechanically wiping his hands upon his cloak. A dark scowl had settled on his somber brow. Yet he mad…"