Chapter 4: Close to the Edge, pp. 204-210 Summary

Soldiers have shown up at the edge of the arena. They begin to shoot arrows at the travelers. Twoflower yells at the others to get inside the ship, as it is the safest place to hide. Rincewind, Twoflower, and Tethis begin working on the hasps holding down the hatch. The soldiers and the chelonauts climb the ladder to the ship. It begins to move down the rails. Tethis and Twoflower open the hatch and the troll climbs in. Rincewind tells Twoflower they have to get off. Twoflower grins and says he will get to see all sorts of worlds that no one else will ever see. He goes down the hatch. One of the original chelonauts that Rincewind and Twoflower attacked in the palace falls off the tower. A group of...