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It was just as well, for there would be little purpose in bringing the cavalry to the holding, and, in addition, I was reluctant to see the disposition allotted to the trapped looters, many of whom were not even armed, their greed having encouraged them to disburden themselves of the inconvenience and weight of weapons, in particular, the lengthy, long-bladed glaive. - (Rebels of Gor, Chapter 9, Sentence #103)

Below us, some two hundred feet below, there were screaming, running men. But in moments their cries were behind us, as was the smoke rising from burning tents. As planned, following our raid, we withdrew to our base, the new encampment. It was just as well, for there would be little purpose in bringing the cavalry to the holding, and, in addition, I was reluctant to see the disposition allotted to the trapped looters, many of whom were not even armed, their greed having encouraged them to disburden themselves of the inconvenience and weight of weapons, in particular, the lengthy, long-bladed glaive. I learned later of the slaughter wrought in the courtyard, and the casting of bodies, some bound and living, from the outer parapets to the valley below. It was not customary in the islands to take prisoners. At the encampment, the tarns cotted and fed, I called my high officers, Torgus and Lysander, to my tent, that a vessel of paga might be shared. - (Rebels of Gor)