"You want to know the truth, Haggerty?" Ned drawled.
"That's what I want——"
"We're going into our first battle, aren't we?"
"Praise God, we are!"
"And we may come out a corpse?"
"Yis——"
"I'm going to be a decent one."
"Ah, go'long wid ye—ye bloody young spalpeen—ye're no more afraid than I am!"
"Maybe not, Haggerty, but it's a solemn occasion, and I'm going to look my best."
"Ye'll live ter see many a scrap, me bye!"