Like an avenging angel the young priest sprang to Leisl's rescue, righteous anger contorting his handsome, delicate features.

Several priests sprang forward threateningly, but Chon stopped them with a gesture.

A dozen lesser priests sprang forward, and knelt by the fallen Tor Lamon's side.

As the priest sprang to his feet, blade whipping from its scabbard, he slashed out at the unprotected knee of one of Morgan's guards.

At the slight sound, Dedra and the priest, who had been sleeping propped up against each other on the bench, sprang to their feet.

Deftly, the priest sprung the magazine out of the handle, chocked the ammunition, and cracked the thick steel back into the chamber.

The priest had sprung erect, and had the voice of steel of a soldier in command.

The young priest, all on fire, sprang on the battlements and shouted to the crowd, which was massing round the Castle in the gardens far below.

On came the boat, so gently that one could not hear the paddles' dip, and as its prow touched the shore, priests sprang forward and held it fast.

Now the priest sprang to his feet animatedly.