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the man pushed open the door and gave Mar a blow on the breast.
My master then took hold of his cummerbund and the man began to draw his Tulwar. My master with his left hand seized the man’s right arm & with the other hand wrested the sword from him. The man had drawn about ½ the blade out of the sheath, when my Mar got the sword from him. My Mar immediately bent the blade agt the ground & threw away