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"The Silent Ones forgive me for doubting them," she whispered; and again hope blossomed on her face even as it did on Larry's. The frog-men were gaining. Clothed in the armour of that mist, they pressed back from the bridge-head the invaders. There was another prodigious movement at the ends of the crescent, and racing up, pressing against the dwarfs, came other legions of Nak's warriors.
"But, Larree," objected Rador to this, "you forget that the nobles will have the Keth and other things; also that the soldiers have fought against the Akka before and will be shielded very well from their spears and clubs and that their blades and javelins can bite through the scales of Nak's warriors. They have many things " "Uncle," interjected O'Keefe, "one thing they have is your nerve.
Nearer and nearer the verge of the ledge they pushed Nak's warriors. Leaping upon the dwarfs, smiting them with spear and club, with teeth and spur, the Akka fought like devils. Quivering under the ray, they leaped and dragged down and slew. Now there was but one long line of the frog-men at the very edge of the cliff. And ever the clouds of dancing, diamonded atoms grew thicker over them all!
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