“What have you seen here?”
“A lot of the darndest sapheads I ever met.”
“If I should set you free, will you fight against me?”
“Like the devil, the first time we meet in fair play.”
“Why do you wear that gray suit under your uniform?”
“Because captain’s always getting himself into some scrape, and I have to hunt him up. Sometimes I have to go among the Johnnies to do it, and then the blue ain’t healthy.”
“Will you ever act as spy upon me if I let you go?”
“Not unless capt’n does. But I’m his body-guard, and shall go everywhere he does, if I can.”
“What is your name?”
“William Nettleton.”