Oho! Oho! This is a rebel tavern. And so—no tea. You Yankees do not serve it.
RICHARD.
No; but we sometimes brew it—with salt-water.
MARSH
(more and more amused).
'Tis as I said. Simple. Let's try him further. This tea you brew. It must have a new flavor?
RICHARD.
Aye, a new flavor. Some will find it bitter. It is a brew that will be long remembered.
MARSH.
I doubt not, if 'tis made as you have said.
PENROSE
(yawning impatiently).