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Would it not have been wise to do so, that it might have served to mark our position, announcing our arrival, so to speak, that of a party at last responding to a conjectured invitation? On the other hand, who knew who or what might see that light, and with what consequences? Dangers lurk in the marshes. - (Quarry of Gor, Chapter 26, Sentence #56)

They do not know we are here". The normal arrangement for torch-and-trident fishing is one torch man and one or two trident men. We had not, as I previously noted, lit the small lantern on the prow of our canal boat. Would it not have been wise to do so, that it might have served to mark our position, announcing our arrival, so to speak, that of a party at last responding to a conjectured invitation? On the other hand, who knew who or what might see that light, and with what consequences? Dangers lurk in the marshes. I think that Bruno of Torcadino, assessing considerations, thought it best to do without the light. Perhaps whatever had the force and power to twist thick bars of metal, unhinging so mighty a barrier as the Delta Gate, did not require the dim light of a tiny lantern to be aware of our presence. Could I have done so I would have cried out, for something rose up under the canal boat, lifting it a foot from the water, and tipping it to the side, and then, scraping the bottom of the boat, it slithered away, to the right. - (Quarry of Gor)