I guess it's sorter pictorial an' 'maginative like them knights of old who had fancy names 'cordin' to their qualities.

People 'round here are pretty plain, an' they've never called me nothin' but Bill.

Red Blaze she is." "An' Blaze for short.

Well, then, Blaze, what kind of a road is that we're goin' to ride on ?" "Depends on the kind of weather in which you ask the question.

As it's the fust edge of winter here in the mountains, though it ain't quite come in the lowlands, an' as it's rained a lot in the last week, I reckon you'll find it bad.