"Yes," said Dorothy, and wound up Number One, under the left arm.

They were bareheaded; their eyes were protected by iron goggles which projected an inch or more, the leather straps of which bound their ears flat against their heads were wound around and around with thick wrappings which a sword could not cut through; from chin to ankle they were padded thoroughly against injury; their arms were bandaged and rebandaged, layer upon layer, until they looked like solid black logs.

The whole face, neck, back, and bosom were covered with blood, which still trickled slowly from a wound behind the temple.