Pitcairn
Surround and disarm these rebels.
[The lieutenant gives the proper commands to bring the first British platoon down stage and into line. The second, under command of its own lieutenant, follows and the British Company stands, so, drawn up in company front facing the retreating Minute Men.]
The First Lieutenant
Damn ’em, Major, we’ll get at ’em....
[He gives the order by which the first platoon should deploy as skirmishers for the business of disarming the colonists. The platoon breaks with another cheer, but before its men have taken two steps, one of the Minute Men, a figure lost in the shadow and the crowd, has fired his musket at Major Pitcairn.
The British stop in amazement.
Immediately John and Ebenezer Munroe lift their muskets.]
John Munroe
I’ll give ’em the guts of my gun!