I myself saw no arrows at the time, though the others told me afterwards that I had some very narrow escapes. When they are fired at someone else they seem to fly very slowly, but in direct line of them they can't be seen (25)
the room devided into booths
arrow as message: questions asked by marginal cultures of dominant ideologies, usually fly unseen or at beat slowly. Every dodging of responsibility by the ruling power is viewed as a narrow escape by them. order is maintained