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The song that had been upon her lips as she entered died there-frozen by the sight of horror that met her eyes In the center of the chamber a headless body lay upon the floor-a body that had been partially devoured-while over and upon it crawled a half a dozen heads upon their short, spider legs, and they tore at the flesh of the woman with their chelae and carried the bits to their awfulit raw!
Tara of Heliu away covered her eyes with her palms
"Co the flesh of the woman," she whispered in tones of horror
"Why not?" he inquired "Did you suppose that we kept the rykor for labor alone? Ah, no They are delicious when kept and fattened Fortunate, too, are those that are bred for food, since they are never called upon to do aught but eat"
"It is hideous!" she cried
He looked at her steadily for a er, or in pity his expressionless face did not reveal Then he led her on across the roo, fro about the floor near the walls were half a dozen headless bodies in harness These she guessed had been abandoned teain required their services In the walls of this roos she had noticed in various parts of the tunnels, the purpose of which she could not guess
They passed through another corridor and then into a second chaer than the first and more brilliantly illuminated Within were several of the creatures with heads and bodies assembled, while many headless bodies lay about near the walls Here her captor halted and spoke to one of the occupants of the chamber
"I seek Luud," he said "I bring to Luud a creature that I captured in the fields above"
The others crowded about to exairl learned sos in the walls, for aliant spiders, a score or ht one of the recumbent bodies and fastened itself in place Ient direction of the heads They arose, the hands adjusted the leather collars and put the balance of the harness in order, then the creatures crossed the room to where Tara of Heliuhly ornamented than that worn by any of the others she had previously seen, and so she guessed that these her in authority than the others Nor was she mistaken The demeanor of her captor indicated it He addressed them as one who holds intercourse with superiors