Routh

he would cross th' Atlantic Ocean, And seek the land of Spanish Main; And there amass a routh of treasure, And then come back with bosom leal To his own Marjory, and release her From rock and reel and spinning wheel.

There was more vodka in McNiel's story of the dinner and a routh of good talk between the little man and him- self. McNiel well remembered Nikolai and Stepan joining them when the time came for Auld Lang Syne, but the one fact of the evening he could never remember was whether he went[…]