"What do you want?" asked the colonel brusquely.
"I wish to know if your lordship lacks anything."
"If I wanted anything in the house, I would take it without your permission. These are times of war."
"Certainly."
"What do they think here of the rebels?"
"Nothing, that I know of."
"Have they passed by here?"
"No."
"You all reply the same way, for you are at heart their friends. Jewish dogs!"
"We have always been loyal to our sovereign."