"But why put ourselves in their power at all?
They're at present barking up the wrong tree.

Let them bark up another wrong 'un.

Why shouldn't the House remain empty?
I take it we're here to protect the Princess.

Well, we'll have done that if they go off empty-handed." Dougal looked up to the heavens.

"I wish McCunn was here," he sighed.
"Ay, we've got to protect the Princess, and there's just the one way to do it, and that's to put an end to this crowd o' blagyirds.