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Needless to say, once we were ahead of the pursuers, and had established a sufficient interval, the keleustes put away his mallet and, descending to the benches, called the beat by voice. - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 53, Sentence #282)

These factors gave us the start we needed to slip into the lowering dusk. Shortly thereafter, as darkness fell, I had the two lanterns removed from the sterns of the Dorna and Tesephone and mounted on two separate buoyant frameworks, fastened together with some sixty or seventy feet of line. These I set adrift, that pursuers might mistake them for lights mounted to assist the Dorna and Tesephone to remain in proximity despite the darkness. Needless to say, once we were ahead of the pursuers, and had established a sufficient interval, the keleustes put away his mallet and, descending to the benches, called the beat by voice. At the second Ahn, we raised the mast, lowered the yard, loosened the sail, relieved the helmsmen, and rested the oarsmen. "Well done, Commander," said Sakim. "I think we are safe now. - (Avengers of Gor)