Young men of wit and spirit addressed each other in this manner, "Ullo 'Arry O'Cock.

Wot's it all _for_?
Eh?
Wot's it all bloomin' well _for_ ?" To which there sprang up a competing variety of repartees, for the most part impolite.

The most popular and best adapted for general use appears to have been "_Shut_ it," or, in a voice of scornful detachment--"_Garn!_" There were others almost equally popular.
III.
What was he seeking?
He wanted something the pigmy world did not give, some end which the pigmy world prevented his attaining, prevented even his seeing clearly, which he was never to see clearly.

It was the whole gigantic social side of this lonely dumb monster crying out for his race, for the things akin to him, for something he might love and something he might serve, for a purpose he might comprehend and a command he could obey.

And, you know, all this was _dumb_, raged dumbly within him, could not even, had he met a fellow giant, have found outlet and expression in speech.