"No, sir. We ask no favors, neither do we accept any. We men of the mountains are independent."
"As you please. This young spy will remain with me."
"Eben Pike goes with us. He is of the mountains, also."
"But I must know more of his methods of spying."
"Ask him what you please; but he must be free. If he is imprisoned I will call upon the men of Concord to aid the men of the mountains to release him."
"You are bold, Sir Ethan."
"I am a free man, and I allow no one who serves me to be injured without calling the offender to account."
"But if he hath broken the laws?"
"Then let him be tried and punished."
"That is all we intend doing."