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The metal bolt of a crossbow, fired at close range, some inches from the other side of the door, that light a door, a sort not uncommon in the poorly built insulae of the Metellan district, could splinter through and bury itself in the opposite wall. - (Magicians of Gor, Chapter 28, Sentence #127)

I did not think I would care to be the first person through the door. There was no light beneath the door, so whoever was outside was not carrying a lamp. I did not stand directly behind the door. The metal bolt of a crossbow, fired at close range, some inches from the other side of the door, that light a door, a sort not uncommon in the poorly built insulae of the Metellan district, could splinter through and bury itself in the opposite wall. I heard the handle of the door, a lever handle, fixed crosswise in the door, move. It moved only a little, of course, as the bolt was thrown, the lock peg in place. Two crossbars, too, had been set across the door, in their brackets, one about the height of a man's chest, the other about the height of his thighs. - (Magicians of Gor)