HONEYMAN
Wal', Colonel, I cal'ate 'tain't often ye find a better officer than ye be! I'd like to serve under ye!
RALL
HONEYMAN
Yes, sir. I'd do it if I wasn't helpin' along things in my way by roundin' up food fer the king's men. Wal', mebbe ye better sign fer these critters out in front an' I'll be gittin' along. I got to hike over to the next post. Er—by the way—how fer is it to the next detachment o' troops?
RALL
Oh, about six miles south.
HONEYMAN
Six miles, huh? How fer to the next one north?