Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
by Edgar Rice Burroughs

At the last moment the woman in La had triumphed over
the High Priestess of a cruel cult.  She saw upon the
altar the only creature that ever had aroused the fires
of love within her virgin breast; she saw the beast-faced
fanatic who would one day be her mate, unless she
found another less repulsive, standing with the burning
torch ready to ignite the pyre; yet with all her mad
passion for the ape-man she would give the word to
apply the flame if Tarzan's final answer was
unsatisfactory.  With heaving bosom she leaned close
above him.  "Yes or no?" she whispered.