The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: boriously from the roof of a building upon the east side of the
thoroughfare. Tarzan's curiosity was aroused.
In the Alcove
As Smith-Oldwick realized that he was alone and practi-
cally defenseless in an enclosure filled with great lions
he was, in his weakened condition, almost in a state
verging upon hysterical terror. Clinging to the grating for
support he dared not turn his head in the direction of the
beasts behind him. He felt his knees giving weakly beneath
him. Something within his head spun rapidly around. He be-
came very dizzy and nauseated and then suddenly all went
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