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At last the Blue Tooth turned to face the Forkbeard. - (Marauders of Gor, Chapter 13, Sentence #83)

There were also considerations to the effect that the rune-priests would be distressed if the oaths were broken, and that the gods, too, might not look lightly upon such a violation of faith, and might, too, more seriously, evidence their displeasure by such tokens as blights, plagues, hurricanes and famines. Against these considerations it was argued that not even the gods themselves could blame Svein Blue Tooth, under these circumstances, for not honoring a piddling oath, extracted under false pretenses; one bold fellow even went so far as to insist that, under these special circumstances, it was a solemn obligation incumbent on the Blue Tooth to renounce his oath and commit the Forkbeard and his followers, with the exception of slaves, who would be confiscated, to the oil pots. Fortunately, in the midst of his eloquence, this fellow sneezed, which omen at once, decisively, wiped away the weightiness of his point. At last the Blue Tooth turned to face the Forkbeard. Svein's face was red with rage. The high rune-priest lifted the sacred temple ring. "The peace of the Thing," said the Blue Tooth, "and the peace of my house, for the time of the Thing, is upon you. - (Marauders of Gor)