I wouldna wonder but what it was some laddies 'at set them at ane another.' "Hendry doesna see what Miltydes was after," said T'nowhead.
"Ye've taen't up wrang, Hendry," Tammas explained.

"What Miltiades meant was 'at if cocks could fecht sae weel oot o' mere deviltry, surely the Greeks would fecht terrible for their gods an' their bairns an' the other things." "I see, I see; but what was the monuments of their ancestors ?" "Ou, that was the gravestanes they put up i' their kirkyards." "I wonder the other billies would want to tak them awa.

They would be a michty wecht." "Ay, but they wanted them, an' nat'rally the Greeks stuck to the stanes they paid for." "So, so, an' did Davit Lunan mak oot 'at there was humour in that ?" "He do so.

He said it was a humorous thing to think o' a hale army lookin' on at twa cocks fechtin'.

I assure ye I telt 'im 'at I saw nae humour in't.