DAR. Intimately. Many a time he has begged me to go with him. “Darblee,” he would, “I need you.”

LAF. You would make my dog blush.

DAR. Many a time, in this very room, with tears in his eyes, he has upbraided me for my obduracy.

BAP. Dat ee have, sah!

DAR. I am not afraid of Lafitte. I will tell him to his face that he can’t overawe me.

BAP. ’Deed ee cyarnt. Pesky what trash! (enter Beluche.)

BEL. Lafitte—

DAR. (In consternation.) What!

BAP. (staggered.) Lordy!

BEL. I have a suspicion that the Creole is going to attack the American vessel which sailed a little while ago.