Five smaller houses of similar architecture were grouped about it.

The barking of dogs greeted the travellers while they were still some distance off, and the crowing of cocks soon followed.
"Do you hear Ciprianu's roosters ?" Aaron asked his brother.
"So you are acquainted with Ciprianu and his poultry ?" returned Manasseh.
"Yes, I know them well.

Ciprianu is a Wallach, but a nobleman of Hungary for all that, and his poultry unique of its sort.

The cocks are white, but in head and neck they bear a strong resemblance to turkeys, and they gobble like turkeys, too.

They are a special breed and Ciprianu wouldn't part with one of them for a fortune.