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Immediately we heard the sound of several men leaping down to the street and the draw cords on the wire net—probably of the sort often used for snaring sleen—began to tighten. - (Nomads of Gor, Chapter 16, Sentence #117)

In the meantime it seemed reasonable to while away some time and the baths of Turia seemed as good a place as any to do so. Arm in arm, Harold and I strode under the archway leading from the well yard. We had scarcely cleared the portal and set foot in the street when we heard a swift rustle of heavy wire and, startled, looking up, saw the steel net descend on us. Immediately we heard the sound of several men leaping down to the street and the draw cords on the wire net—probably of the sort often used for snaring sleen—began to tighten. Neither Harold nor myself could move an arm or hand and, locked in the net, we stood like fools until a guardsman kicked the feet out from under us and we rolled, entrapped in the wire, at his feet. "Two fish from the well," said a voice. "This means, of course," said another voice, "that others know of the well". - (Nomads of Gor)