Chap. Sir, you're a soldier?
Cham. Yes.
Chap. I love a soldier;
And had been one myself, but my parents would make me what you see me: yet I'm honest, for all I wear black.
Cham. And that's a wonder.
Have you had long dependence on this family?
Chap. I have not thought it so, because my time's
Spent pleasantly. My lord's not haughty nor imperious,
Nor I gravely whimsical; he has good nature,
And I have manners:
His sons too are civil to me, because I do not pretend to be wiser than they are; I meddle with no man's business but my own; I rise in a morning early, study moderately, eat and drink cheerfully, live soberly, take my innocent pleasures freely; so meet with respect, and am not the jest of the family.
Cham. I'm glad you are so happy.—
A pleasant fellow this, and may be useful. [Aside.
Knew you my father, the old Chamont?
Chap. I did, and was most sorry when we lost him.
Cham. Why? didst thou love him?