there was rather more difficulty getting men to volunteer to board him , until kalkreuth roundly cursed them all for cowards and climbed on himself ; his aides promptly followed him up in a rush , even arguing a little over who should go up first , and with this example before them the reluctant men were so shamed they too began clamoring to board ; to which tharkay , observing the whole , remarked a little dryly that men and dragons were not so very different in some respects .