At that moment there was a long, wailing cry of horror from the wall above.
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"Tuchuks!" The guards suddenly looked about themselves startled.
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Then two more people on the wall took up the cry, pointing wildly out over the wall.
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"Tuchuks! Close the gates!" The officer looked up in alarm, and then he cried out to the men on the windlass platform.
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"Close the gates!" "I think you will find," said Harold, "that my wagon is in the way".
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Suddenly understanding, the officer cried out in rage and whipped his sword from his sheath but before he could raise his arm the young man had leaped to him and thrust a quiva into his heart.
"What is your name?" demanded the officer.
At that moment there was a long, wailing cry of horror from the wall above.
"Tuchuks!" The guards suddenly looked about themselves startled.
Then two more people on the wall took up the cry, pointing wildly out over the wall.
"Tuchuks! Close the gates!" The officer looked up in alarm, and then he cried out to the men on the windlass platform.
"Close the gates!" "I think you will find," said Harold, "that my wagon is in the way".
Suddenly understanding, the officer cried out in rage and whipped his sword from his sheath but before he could raise his arm the young man had leaped to him and thrust a quiva into his heart.
- (Nomads of Gor, Chapter )