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| 31 | 43 | View more quotes about bodies">Bodies of corsairs littered the open space within and outside the gate. |
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| 31 | 40 | This meant they would rush forth. |
| 31 | 41 | It was then that the swordsmen on each side of the gate, waiting, were to strike into the unsuspecting, unprotected flanks of the enemy. |
| 31 | 42 | Within a few Ihn, the corsairs, met with arrows from the front and swords from the sides, withdrew into the village and swung shut the seared leaves of the gate, closing themselves inside, where the blackened huts had now mostly collapsed and the flames were subsiding. |
| 31 | 43 | Bodies of corsairs littered the open space within and outside the gate. |
| 31 | 44 | "What now, Captain?" inquired Thurnock, unstringing his bow. |
| 31 | 45 | "We will leave a token force here," I said, "to convince the enemy it is besieged. |
| 31 | 46 | I doubt that he will dare the night, being unacquainted with our numbers. |