Chantecler
Thanks! I feel that the more I am mocked, insulted, flouted, and denied—
An Ass
[Stretching his neck over the hedge.] Hee-haw!
Chantecler
Thanks!—the better I shall fight!
The White Pile
[Chuckling.] He is game, but he’s giving out.
The Pheasant-hen
Enough. Enough. Oh, stop!
A Voice
On White Pile, twenty to one!
The Pheasant-hen
[Seeing Chantecler’s bleeding neck.] He bleeds, oh!
A Hen
[Rising on tiptoe behind the Golden Padua Cock.] I should like to see the blood!
The White Pile
[Increasing the fury of his onset.] I ll have your gizzard!
The Hen
[Trying to see.] The Padua Cock’s hat shuts off my view!