Sail, and see home again, and see the Shropshire men,
"And see the old Shropshire mountain and the fair,
Full of drunk Welshmen bringing mountain ewes;
And partridge shooting would be starting there."
Michael hung down his head and seemed to choose.
The horses churned fresh footing in the ooze.
Then Michael asked if Tom were still alive,
Old Tom, who fought the Welshman under Upton Drive,
For nineteen rounds, on grass, with the bare hands?
"Shaky," said Lion, "living still, but weak;