HONEYMAN

Sure, don't ye have to patrol up an' down the river, an' sich like things?

RALL (laughing)

What for?

HONEYMAN

Wal', after all, there's some o' the enemy left, ain't there?

RALL (laughing)

A half-a-dozen starved ragamuffins. What could they do to my trained Hessians?

HONEYMAN (joining in the laugh)

Not much, I cal'ate! Ye ain't in much danger, an' that's a fact!