Away you go, lads. When van de Velde feltthe cold touch of steel and the sting of the razor edge, his strugglesceased. Sukeena stepped out of the line of servants and fell in dutifullybehind the three, her loathsome master, the boorish giant o But, even as Halwatched, one gave up and slipped below the surface.
When SirFrancis aimed an angry kick at him he collapsed in the sand. The light wasblotted out, and the air was filled with dust and powdered rock so thatthe four men choked and gasped for breath. While Hal squatted and took his aim the rest spread out on either sideof him and plugged their ears with their fingers. These he marked on his charts every evening before the lightfaded.
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