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As we had feared, of course, the failure of their assaults on the town did not result in their withdrawal but rather, in their reconciliation to the possibility of a lengthy siege. - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 45, Sentence #52)

The good officer, I think, should be such that, first, men would follow him gladly into a den of larls, and, second, one who, to the best of his ability, makes certain that he never, if it can be avoided, leads his men into a den of larls. The mercenaries, obviously, given the nature of their last 'attack', did not fear decimation. I suspect that their commanders, their paymasters, feared that the attempt to impose so terrifying a stringency on such troops, hireling troops, might have provoked a mutiny. As we had feared, of course, the failure of their assaults on the town did not result in their withdrawal but rather, in their reconciliation to the possibility of a lengthy siege. We in Mytilene, of course, realized, as the enemy presumably did not, that the siege could not be too lengthy. That was guaranteed by the dwindling supply of our rations. I was then reminded that some evidence of theft had been discovered this very afternoon. - (Avengers of Gor)