"No, they will be hanged, same as before. England has not recognized the new nation; but England has hired a lot of Hessians——"
"What are they?"
"Don't you know? They come from some place in Europe; their king sells or leases them out to fight."
"And they must fight whether they like it or not?"
"Oh, they like fighting; they are trained to fight. It is the only thing they can do, and they do it well. You see, they do it all the better because they can't talk English, so they kill all who do——"
"Then they may kill us."
"No, I do not mean that, but they kill all they are told to kill."
A warden entered the long corridor and called out the name of Ethan Allen.
Allen stepped from his cell and submitted to his arms and legs being heavily ironed.
He was then marched through the city to the Battery, where he was placed on board a war ship, with other prisoners, and taken to Halifax.