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At last some, mercifully, were lifted and carried upward by oarsmen, and set on their feet, on the wharf. - (Swordsmen of Gor, Chapter 38, Sentence #591)

They could not use their hands, either to break their fall or to assist in maintaining their balance. I think that in that clumsy, agonizing ascent, there was not one who did not fall, and more than once, upon the steps, thence to struggle frantically to regain its feet, only sometimes, drawn unexpectedly, off balance, by the chain again, to fall yet again, and some were unable to regain their feet, and were half dragged upward, on their knees. One, unable to find its feet, was drawn upward, on its side, thrusting, scrambling, with its feet. At last some, mercifully, were lifted and carried upward by oarsmen, and set on their feet, on the wharf. "Clumsy fools!" cried the fellow who had been in the bow. "Two blows for each!" These were administered, the figures bent over, and cringing, each receiving its two prescribed lashes. "It seems these are being treated with unusual cruelty," I said to Lord Nishida. - (Swordsmen of Gor)