These shall follow you within an hour.

For our enemies we take no account.

See, we draw the handjar that we offer you." As one man all in the hall drew their handjars, which flashed as a blaze of lightning.
There did not seem to be an instant's delay.

The Council broke up, and its members, mingling with the people without, took active part in the preparations.

Not many minutes had elapsed when the yacht, manned and armed and stored as arranged, was rushing out of the creek.