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This consisted in the Night Singers themselves, whose song would be silenced if an unfamiliar individual entered the garden, and, when resumed, would be rather different, and would occasionally be interrupted with warning notes, should the individual change his position. - (Rebels of Gor, Chapter 15, Sentence #51)

Something of this sort, I supposed, defensive arrangements, would be likely to characterize the garden walls, as well. On the other hand, within the garden walls I saw no sign of the warning apparatus consisting of suspended strips of metal. On the other hand, I would later learn, interestingly, that this lack of an obvious warning arrangement, first, was intended to encourage an approach through the garden to the courtyard, which would then facilitate the entrapment of intruders between the double walls, those of the courtyard and those of the garden, and, second, that there was, in a sense, a warning device in the garden, as well as in the more open, barren courtyard, nearer the palace, a warning device, however, which was armed, so to speak, only after dark. This consisted in the Night Singers themselves, whose song would be silenced if an unfamiliar individual entered the garden, and, when resumed, would be rather different, and would occasionally be interrupted with warning notes, should the individual change his position. Supposedly these small changes might be registered by guards, whether within or without the walls. At the moment Lord Akio and I, other than a gardener or so, were alone in the garden. "Behold," said Lord Akio, with a snap flinging the fan into a circle, and then, with a thumb, locking the blades in place. - (Rebels of Gor)