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| 51 | 67 | View more quotes about shortly">Shortly, the first of the three ships was within forty yards of us. |
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| 51 | 64 | "In half an Ahn, with chains and hooks they will be upon us". |
| 51 | 65 | "Clearly," I said, "they are eager to finish their work". |
| 51 | 66 | "Bloody work, to be brought to a quick finish," said Thurnock. |
| 51 | 67 | Shortly, the first of the three ships was within forty yards of us. |
| 51 | 68 | We could see files of helmeted men, mercenary warriors, not mariners, doubtless mercenaries embarked from the beach near Mytilene. |
| 51 | 69 | Sunlight was reflected from helmets, from the metal bosses of rounded shields, from the blades of spears. |
| 51 | 70 | We heard the rustling of looped chains terminating with short, thick metal rods, each of which, as though exfoliating, seemed to blossom into three metal hooks. |