“Yes, more or less. Not any thing to count, howsumdever.”
“What do they say?”
“I reckon they think you are pretty strong here. They talk about that some.”
“Do you think, if they were to attempt it, they would drive us out of Good Hope?”
“Now, I don’t know as to that. I am a bit of a Boston man myself, and don’t care so much for Windsor. I don’t say they wouldn’t if they got the chance. You see, it’s a pretty bit of land, and you asked them to come out here.”
“So we did, fools that we were to do it. What would you advise us to do?”
“You want me to tell you?”
“Yes.”
“Honest?”
“Yes.”