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| 28 | 501 | "My information, conjoined with plausible conjectures," he said, "would View more quotes about suggest">suggest at least five hundred, and probably no more than five thousand". |
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| 28 | 498 | "That is true," I said. |
| 28 | 499 | "How many would you think?" he asked. |
| 28 | 500 | "I have no idea," I said. |
| 28 | 501 | "My information, conjoined with plausible conjectures," he said, "would suggest at least five hundred, and probably no more than five thousand". |
| 28 | 502 | "Even if five thousand managed to withdraw," I said, "that would still constitute one of the greatest of military disasters in the history of the planet". |
| 28 | 503 | "And of those five thousand, if there were so many, how many do you think could reach Holmesk, or Venna, or Ar safely?" "I do not know," I said. |
| 28 | 504 | "Hopefully a goodly number, particularly if Saphronicus fell back on Holmesk". |