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"Open the gate," I called, softly, "but open it carefully, and slowly, as though it was done with stealth, and open it so that only a column of four can enter". - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 42, Sentence #95)

Why else the drums and trumpets? Why else the songs and chants? Why else the Pyrrhic dances? The very name of a Marlenus of Ar can rouse a city to revolt. Is not the reputation of a Dietrich of Tarnburg worth a thousand troops? Whose hand does not shake on the pieces if, across the kaissa board, he sees a Centius of Cos, a Scormus of Ar? An army believing itself doomed does not hurry to the field. What soldier does not fight well, bravely and gallantly, for a commander he deems invincible?" "Proceed," said Thrasymedes. "Open the gate," I called, softly, "but open it carefully, and slowly, as though it was done with stealth, and open it so that only a column of four can enter". This was done, the sound of the hinges of the leaves of the great gate almost inaudible. "The gate is open," I heard someone say, a hushed voice, outside in the darkness. "Convey the word," said another voice, one farther off. - (Avengers of Gor)