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[calbert at tiac.net]

> I checked the German translation of V. (which isn't the best I admit)
> and it says "Der heilige Georg und kein Nachtlager" - no place to stay
> for the night.

Is that the "Babelfish" translation?

Quarter can indeed describe such "accomodation" in its literal 
application. The term in question, however, relates to the martial 
principle of "no quarter asked, and none given" - a primitive form of 
motivation which eliminates the possibility of honorable surrender.

love,
cfa