WASHINGTON.
(half-soberly).
And for the rest?
RED ROWAN
You'll be upon a farmstead with great, rolling acres.
WASHINGTON.
Forest or farmstead, I care not which. That part is true enough, Mistress Rowan. There was a time when I wished to go to sea; but now I hope to spend my life at Ferry Farm.
RED ROWAN
(rising).
Part of it will be spent far otherwise. Remember that I told you.
WASHINGTON.
(courteously). Aye, I'll remember, tho' 'tis but a jest.
RED ROWAN
(pausing).