The sergeant reported to Colonel Schreuder, I have found the surgeon'sinstruments. Thesilver steel flashed over his head and his attacker roared again, ascreech of fury. Inthe light of the rising moon, he returned unerringly to it. Both men saw the massive forked tail swingponderously from side to side, driving the long body forward.
He wasno longer counter-attacking. Thewitness's chair stood beside the judge's table and Limberger seatedhimself. The seamen on the benches stared at him in pale silence. As his feet hit the deck he looked to the poop, trying to catch hisfather's eye and glean his approbation.
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