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"That bird of Lurgha's -- " said Ross, once they were out of sight of Cassca and Lal, "could it have been a plane? "
"Sounds like it," snapped his companion. "If the Reds have done their work efficiently, and there's no reason to suppose otherwise, then there is no use in contacting either Dorhta's town or Munga's. The same announcement concerning the Wrath of Lurgha was probably made there -- to their good purpose, not ours. "