(Sergeant puts hat and wig behind his back.)
Policeman B: Did any one come this way?
Sergeant: (After a pause.) No one.
Policeman B: No one at all?
Sergeant: No one at all.
Policeman B: We had no orders to go back to the station; we can stop along with you.
Sergeant: I don’t want you. There is nothing for you to do here.
Policeman B: You bade us to come back here and keep watch with you.
Sergeant: I’d sooner be alone. Would any man come this way and you making all that talk? It is better the place to be quiet.
Policeman B: Well, we’ll leave you the lantern anyhow. (Hands it to him.)