Butler. Yes! must kill him.
And for that purpose have I chosen you.

Both. Us!

Butler. You, Captain Devereux, and thee, Macdonald. [45]

Devereux (after a pause). Choose you some other.

Butler. What? art dastardly?
Thou, with full thirty lives to answer for—
[[782]] Thou conscientious of a sudden?

Devereux. Nay,
To assassinate our Lord and General—

Macdonald. To whom we've sworn a soldier's oath—

Butler. The oath 50
Is null, for Friedland is a traitor.

Devereux. No, no! It is too bad!

Macdonald. Yes, by my soul!
It is too bad. One has a conscience too—