"Yes, when I saw the Horlas, they had no male captives."

The fear of the male captive was an almost visible cloud.

There was no male captive, I tell you.

Some were the sort who would dish out the same treatment to a male captive.

All male captives were forced to walk beside a wagon wheel.

Making their way around the edge of the surrounding boulders, they came down on the side where the male captives were kept.

When they turned to walk away, he rolled silently into the body of the male captives, becoming one with the dark.

The male captive would provide hours of sport, though he must not be too severely damaged.

The soldier, unable to distinguish the two male captives, then asks Joan to identify which man is her husband.

For example, captive women had to be ransomed prior to any male captives.