Bon. 'Tis now twelve, as the saying is—gentlemen, you must set out at one.
Gib. Hounslow, do you and Bagshot see our arms fixed, and I'll come to you presently.
Houns. and Bag. We will.
[Exeunt Hounslow and Bagshot.
Gib. Well, my dear Bonny, you assure me that Scrub is a coward.
Bon. A chicken, as the saying is—you'll have no creature to deal with but the ladies.
Gib. And I can assure you, friend, there's a great deal of address and good manners in robbing a lady: I am the most a gentleman that way that ever travelled the road.—But, my dear Bonny, this prize will be a galleon, a Vigo business——I warrant you, we shall bring off three or four thousand pounds.
Bon. In plate, jewels, and money, as the saying is, you may.
Gib. Why, then, Tyburn, I defy thee: I'll get up to town, sell off my horse and arms, buy myself some pretty employment in the law, and be as snug and as honest as e'er a long gown of them all.
Bon. And what think you, then, of my daughter Cherry for a wife?