Bladud’s comment was that it had been “most successful.”
“A bloodless victory!” remarked Beniah.
“And didn’t they yell?” said Arkal.
“And splutter?” added Maikar.
“And the pigs! oh! the pigs!” cried Gadarn, going off into another explosion which brought the tears to his eyes, “it would have been nothing without the pigs!”
The gentle reader must make allowance for the feelings of men fresh from the excitement of such a scene, existing as they did in times so very remote. But, after all, when we take into consideration the circumstances; the nature of the weapons used; the cause of the war, and the objects gained, and compare it all with the circumstances, weapons, causes, and objects of modern warfare, we are constrained to admit that it was a “most glorious victory”—this Battle of the Springs.