“Yes, sir.”
“What made you tired?”
“I have come quite a distance. I walked here from nearly twenty miles east, and I'm resting in the shade, before continuing my journey. No objection is there?”
“Humph. Where are you bound for?”
“Over on the shore of the bay.”
“What are you going there for?”
“To work for a man, sir.”
“Who?”
“An old fisherman.”
“Humph. You seem to be interested in the army, yonder, judging by the way you were looking that way when I came up.”