The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: square which housed members of the horde, I saw warriors
emerging from several of the buildings. They all went in
the same direction, toward a great building which stood
in the centre of the plaza. My knowledge of green Martian
customs convinced me that this was either the quarters of the
principal chieftain or contained the audience chamber wherein
the Jeddak met his jeds and lesser chieftains. In either event,
it was evident that something was afoot which might have a
bearing on the recent capture of Tars Tarkas.
To reach this building, which I now felt it imperative that
I do, I must needs traverse the entire length of one square
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