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THE executioner had just finished his work and there was a surging movement in the crowd toward dispersal when the War lord raised his sword in a signal that the show wasn't over.
Instantly there was a smashing attack of noise again as the buglers and gong-beaters got to work. The noise swirled up in a crashing roar, like a house afire, and this time lasted longer than it had before. At the same time the spies and military police scattered through the crowd, shouting for everyone to remain where he was.