Worthy
It's Rosebud all right. The deserter.
Dudley
Oh, yes, sir, it's me. I beg for pardon.
Jeremy
Coward! Fortune has delivered you to justice.
Dudley
Oh, Colonel, have pity on me.
Jeremy
Say, what! God! Why did you disappear without leave?
Dudley
The Captain was always beating me and there was nothing I could do!
Jeremy For God's sake, abandon the battlefield because you were beaten? To avenge yourself on your captain, couldn't you wait till after the battle? Major, call Sergeant Slaughter and some soldiers to take this deserter to the guardhouse.
(Exit Worthy to the street.)
Peacock
You never told me, you bastard, that you were a deserter.
Dudley
I never dared to tell you, sir.