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| 32 | 165 | "Let him pass," I said. |
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| 32 | 162 | Plenius, View more quotes about close">close to me now, half bent over in the brush, grasped his spear in two hands, for the forward thrust. |
| 32 | 163 | Given the swiftness of the runner and the strength of Plenius, who was a large, strong man, and who had come up through the ranks as a spearman, that thrust, compounding the forces involved, would presumably carry both the head and upper part of the shaft through the runner's body. |
| 32 | 164 | I put my hand on the spear and pushed it down. |
| 32 | 165 | "Let him pass," I said. |
| 32 | 166 | He looked at me, puzzled, but did not demur. |
| 32 | 167 | He signaled to the others not to strike. |
| 32 | 168 | I did not think they would be likely to fall on the pursuers. |