"But the decision says that New York is in the right."
"Courts have made mistakes before, and the strong right arm of good mountaineers have set them right."
"What said they in Albany?"
Allen told them of the trial, and then, with a glow on his face, he added:
"They told me that the gods were against me, and I retorted that the gods of the valleys are not the gods of the hills."
"Bravo, Ethan! you are a brave chap."
"If I had a score of men I would tell the New Yorkers to stay at home, and, if they did not, I would send them home."
"A score, did you say?"
"Ay, a score would do."
"Count me one."