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How odd, I thought, that officers, these two, would take their turn at the pumps. - (Mariners of Gor, Chapter 7, Sentence #272)

As we ascended the companionway others passed us, on the way down, to tend to the pumps. I saw again, amongst them, as I had on former days, Tarl Cabot, himself, commander of the tarn cavalry, and his friend, Pertinax. "Well done, fellows," said Tarl Cabot to us, as we passed. How odd, I thought, that officers, these two, would take their turn at the pumps. Did they not understand their station? Had they so little dignity? How could they expect to keep the respect of their men, if they so lowered themselves, if they so demeaned themselves, if they so compromised their position? But, too, I thought, would men not die for such officers? I saw Tyrtaios wait on the steps, for Andronicus to pass him, and he would then be behind him. This clearly made Andronicus uneasy, but he continued on. At the next level, when we reached it, Tyrtaios, then waiting, spoke to me. - (Mariners of Gor)