N. With all my heart, sir.
Mr. B. Then I engage you. Who comes here with so bold an air?
O. I am a soldier, sir; will you have me?
Mr. B. We are peaceable people, and I hope shall have no occasion to fight. We mean honestly to purchase our land from the natives, and to be just and fair in all our dealings with them. William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania followed that plan; and when the Indians were at war with all the other European settlers, a person in a quaker’s habit might pass through all their most ferocious tribes without the least injury. It is my intention, however, to make all my colonists soldiers, so far as to be able to defend themselves if attacked, and that being the case, we shall have no need of soldiers by trade.
P. I am a gentleman, sir; and I have a great desire to accompany you, because I hear game is very plentiful in that country.
Mr. B. A gentleman! And what good will you do us, sir?
P. O, sir, that is not at all my intention. I only mean to amuse myself.
Mr. B. But do you mean, sir, that we should pay for your amusement?
P. As to maintenance, I expect to be able to kill game enough for my own eating, with a little bread and garden-stuff, which you will give me. Then I will be content with a house somewhat better than the common ones; and your barber shall be my valet; so I shall give very little trouble.
Mr. B. And pray, sir, what inducement can we have for doing all this for you?