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"They cannot be a day's march ahead of us," he exclaimed, the light of battle leaping to his fierce face.
"No matter how tempting it looks, there are sure to be horrible hooks inside."
Within but little more than an hour from the moment the victorious Zodangan squadron had risen to meet us from the camp of the besiegers the battle was over, and the remaining vessels of the conquered Zodangans were headed toward the cities of Helium under prize crews.
Perhaps some of them would not be burned and he could return at night to join his father.
