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Victory! She was here, a slave to these black conquerors. Once more I started toward her, but better judgment held me back -- I could do nothing to help her other than by stealth. Could I even accomplish aught by this means? I did not know. It seemed beyond the pale of possibility, and yet I should try.
"And you will not bend the knee to me? " continued Menelek, after she had spoken. Victory shook her head in a most decided negation.