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Before retiring I had taken a lantern and, in the dampness, and under the dripping leaves, examined the interior edge of the walls. - (Rebels of Gor, Chapter 21, Sentence #9)

Had it occurred, it might have been noted by guards, or others. Accordingly, I had little doubt that the attack had been coordinated with their silence, to be expected under the circumstances. But rain may reveal as well as conceal. Before retiring I had taken a lantern and, in the dampness, and under the dripping leaves, examined the interior edge of the walls. Surely it seemed unlikely that the assailant would have entered the garden through the palace itself. Too, the height of the wall, I suspected, judging from what I could see of the courtyard wall from my barred room, or cell, to which I was usually confined at night, would have presented its own hazards, of anchored glass, shards, and metal. In the light of the lantern I had carefully scouted the interior edge of the wall until I found what I was looking for. - (Rebels of Gor)