Pray thou, a little!" There came a long shout from the plain, and Alwa sent a man again to listen.

He came back with a message that Jaimihr granted amnesty to all who would surrender, and that he would be pleased to accept Alwa's allegiance if offered to him.
"I will offer the braggart something in the way of board and lodging that will astonish him!" growled Alwa.

"Eight men to horse! The first eight! That will do! Back to the battlement, the rest of you!" They had raced for the right to loose themselves against eight hundred!.