The poor fellow was in doubt.

Bruno gazed at him with nervous anger.
"But don't you see that wide scale he has by the side of his spur?
Don't you see those feet?
What more do you want?
Look at those legs, spread out his wings! And this split scale above this wide one, and this double one ?" Tarsilo did not hear him, but went on examining the cock.

The clinking of gold and silver came to his ears.

"Now let's look at the _bulik_," he said in a thick voice.
Bruno stamped on the ground and gnashed his teeth, but obeyed.

They approached another group where a cock was being prepared for the ring.