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| 53 | 69 | The effectiveness of the moat, View more quotes about aside">aside from the barrier of the water itself, would become negligible with the passing of the full moon, until the next. |
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| 53 | 66 | There had been a thrashing frenzy in the water and then the rope had been withdrawn, severed. |
| 53 | 67 | The moat had been crossed by a small, floating wooden bridge, tied at each end. |
| 53 | 68 | This had been built, being extended outward from the opposite shore, by Shaba's men. |
| 53 | 69 | The effectiveness of the moat, aside from the barrier of the water itself, would become negligible with the passing of the full moon, until the next. |
| 53 | 70 | The grunt, following the mating frenzy, synchronized with the full moon, would return to the lake. |
| 53 | 71 | Given the habits of the fish I had little doubt but that this place was an ancient mating ground for them, for the grunt populations tend to return again and again to the places of their frenzy, wherever, usually in a lagoon or shallow place in a river, they may be. |
| 53 | 72 | The grunt now schooling in the open moat, come in from the lake, could well be the posterity of grunt populations dating back to the time when the city was not in ruins but in the height of its glory and power. |