_Bon._ I obey your commands, as the saying is. [_Exit._ _Enter_ ARCHER. _Arch._ 'Sdeath! I had forgot--what title will you give yourself? _Aim._ My brother's, to be sure: he would never give me any thing else, so I'll make bold with his honour this bout. You know the rest of your cue. _Arch._ Ay, ay. [_Exit._ _Enter_ GIBBET. _Gib._ Sir, I'm yours. _Aim._ 'Tis more than I deserve, sir; for I don't know you. _Gib._ I don't wonder at that, sir, for you never saw me before----I hope. [_Aside._ _Aim._ And pray, sir, how came I by the honour of seeing you now? _Gib._ Sir, I scorn to intrude upon any gentleman--but my landlord-- _Aim._ O, sir, I ask your pardon; you are the captain he told me of? _Gib._ At your service, sir. _Aim._ What regiment, may I be so bold? _Gib._ A marching regiment, sir; an old corps. _Aim._ Very old, if your coat be regimental. [_Aside._] You have served abroad, sir? _Gib._ Yes, sir, in the plantations; 'twas my lot to be sent into the worst service; I would have quitted it indeed, but a man of honour, you know----Besides, 'twas for the good of my country, that I should be abroad----Any thing for the good of one's country.--I'm a Roman for that. _Aim._ One of the first, I'll lay my life. [_Aside._] You found the West Indies very hot, sir? _Gib._ Ay, sir, too hot for me. _Aim._ Pray sir, han't I seen your face at Will's coffeehouse? _Gib._ Yes, sir, and at White's too. _Aim._ And where is your company now, captain? _Gib._ They a'nt come yet. _Aim._ Why, d'ye expect them here? _Gib._ They'll be here to-night, sir. _Aim._ Which way do they march? _Gib._ Across the country.----The devil's in't, if I han't said enough to encourage him to declare--but I'm afraid he's not right--I must tack about. [_Aside._ _Aim._ Is your company to quarter at Litchfield? _Gib._ In this house, sir. _Aim._ What! all? _Gib._ My company's but thin--Ha! ha! ha! we are but three;--ha! ha! ha! _Aim._ You are merry, sir. _Gib._ Ay, sir, you must excuse me, sir, I understand the world, especially the art of travelling: I don't care, sir, for answering questions directly upon the road--for I generally ride with a charge about me. _Aim._ Three or four, I believe. [_Aside._ _Gib._ I am credibly informed, that there are highwaymen upon this quarter--not, sir, that I could suspect a gentleman of your figure--But, truly, sir, I have got such a way of evasion upon the road, that I don't care for speaking truth to any man. _Aim._ Your caution may be necessary--Then, I presume, you are no captain. _Gib._ Not I, sir; captain is a good travelling name, and so I take it. It stops a great many foolish inquiries, that are generally made about gentlemen that travel;--it gives a man an air of something, and makes the drawers obedient.--And, thus far, I am a captain, and no farther. _Aim._ And, pray, sir, what is your true profession? _Gib._ O, sir, you must excuse me--upon my word, sir, I don't think it safe to tell ye.