_Bon._ Who shall I tell him, sir, would----
_Aim._ Ha! that stroke was well thrown in----I'm only a traveller, like himself, and would be glad of his company, that's all.
_Bon._ I obey your commands, as the saying is. [_Exit._
_Arch._ 'Sdeath! I had forgot--what title will you give yourself?
_Aim._ My brother's, to be sure: he would never give me any thing else, so I'll make bold with his honour this bout. You know the rest of your cue.
_Aim._ 'Tis more than I deserve, sir; for I don't know you.
_Gib._ I don't wonder at that, sir, for you never saw me before----I hope. [_Aside._
_Aim._ And pray, sir, how came I by the honour of seeing you now?
_Gib._ Sir, I scorn to intrude upon any gentleman--but my landlord--
_Aim._ O, sir, I ask your pardon; you are the captain he told me of?
_Gib._ A marching regiment, sir; an old corps.
_Aim._ Very old, if your coat be regimental. [_Aside._] You have served abroad, sir?
_Gib._ Yes, sir, in the plantations; 'twas my lot to be sent into the worst service; I would have quitted it indeed, but a man of honour, you know----Besides, 'twas for the good of my country, that I should be abroad----Any thing for the good of one's country.--I'm a Roman for that.
_Aim._ One of the first, I'll lay my life. [_Aside._] You found the West Indies very hot, sir?
_Aim._ Pray sir, han't I seen your face at Will's coffeehouse?
_Aim._ And where is your company now, captain?
_Gib._ Across the country.----The devil's in't, if I han't said enough to encourage him to declare--but I'm afraid he's not right--I must tack about. [_Aside._
_Aim._ Is your company to quarter at Litchfield?
_Gib._ My company's but thin--Ha! ha! ha! we are but three;--ha! ha! ha!
_Gib._ Ay, sir, you must excuse me, sir, I understand the world, especially the art of travelling: I don't care, sir, for answering questions directly upon the road--for I generally ride with a charge about me.
_Aim._ Three or four, I believe. [_Aside._
_Gib._ I am credibly informed, that there are highwaymen upon this quarter--not, sir, that I could suspect a gentleman of your figure--But, truly, sir, I have got such a way of evasion upon the road, that I don't care for speaking truth to any man.
_Aim._ Your caution may be necessary--Then, I presume, you are no captain.