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Soon the fragrance of an appetizing repast began to float out to the / unhappy prisoners in the garden. Dusk turned to darkness, lights shone / from every room in the palace, and in dreadful suspense and discomfort / they waited for Mogodore's next move.
"That robber baron really means to marry you," groaned Trot, who was / tied to a tree near Ozma, and as if to confirm her words two spearmen / came marching determinedly toward them.