Both kids agreed to play a cross;
Bold came each buffer[242] to the scratch,
To make it look a tightish match;
They peeled[243] in style, and bets were making,
’Tvos six to four, but few were taking.
Ri, tol, lol, &c.
Quite cautiously the mill began,
For neither knew the other’s plan;
Each cull[244] completely in the dark,
Of vot might be his neighbour’s mark;