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He, or they, had lit their tiny signal, and I, in the madness of my rage and shame, had failed to understand, and respond. - (Rebels of Gor, Chapter 2, Sentence #174)

Was this not a treason compared to which my lapse in the marshes was meaningless? I was still the commander of the tarn cavalry, however torn and depleted it might be. There lay my duty, which, for the sake of a childish vanity, I had been on the point of forswearing. One of my men, perhaps more, had need of me. He, or they, had lit their tiny signal, and I, in the madness of my rage and shame, had failed to understand, and respond. I suddenly became aware of dark shapes about me. The tarn scratched at the snowy earth with talons. "Up!" I cried, leaping to the mounting ladder, which swung beside the saddle, and the tarn screamed, and its mighty wings smote the air, and it ascended, I clinging to the mounting ladder. - (Rebels of Gor)