A crawl would have been in order, if there had been any chance of it's success. You give them both barrels, then jam in the shell you're carrying in the corner of your mouth and see if you can't pick up another bird as they fly out. Then you shoot over the cripples, if there are any......
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I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV
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