you to the commander-in-chief at the Horse Guards, and have you
courtmartialled for unfashionable deportment--Mr.--Walk-in-the-Water.

INDIAN. Come, come, sir, enough of this trifling; I do not understand
it; you have heard my orders--obey them, or, after the battle, I'll
roast you before a slow fire!

[_Exit._

LAROLE. O le barbare! O de dam sauvage! dis is de most impertinent dog
in de vorld. Roast before de fire! Parbleu, mon maitre, ve are not de
littel pig.

PENDRAGON. I'm horrified! lost in amazement! but I'll resent it. Damme,
I'll caricature him.

LAROLE. Oh, I vish I vas fight encore at Saragossa, vis mi lor
Villainton; par example, I did get some hard tumps, mai I did get plenti
to eat; but ici I ave nosing but de little bear to mange.

PENDRAGON. Come along--courage, LaRole. We'll fan the Yankee Doodles in
our best style, and then get a furlough, and be off to White-Hall, and
the rings in our noses will afford anecdotes for the bon-ton for a whole
year. Allons.

[_Exeunt._

SCENE II. _The American Camp at daybreak. The drum and fife plays the
reveille. Sentinels on duty before the tents._

_LENOX enters from the tent on the right, GENERAL and ADELA from the
left._

LENOX. Good morning, general; you are "stirring with the lark"--and you
also, Adela.

GENERAL. The times require the utmost vigilance, Lenox: the enemy cannot
escape a battle now, and we must be prepared at all points to meet him.
Decision and energy cannot fail to promote success.

ADELA. And what is to become of me, father, in the battle? Am I to ride
the old trooper again, and run the risk of having the tip of my nose
carried away by a musket ball, and left on the field of battle in all my
glory?

GENERAL. You shall be taken care of, dear Adela; we will place you in
the rear, among the baggage-wagons.

ADELA. And if they should be captured, I become also a prisoner, and
probably a prize to some gallant Indian chief, who will make me his
squaw, and teach me to kill deer. O delightful thought!

[_Bugles sound._

GENERAL. The troops are under arms, and approaching.

[_Quick march--the GENERAL, LENOX and ADELA pass to the left, and stand
near the tent; the troops advance; CHRISTINE is among them, dressed in
uniform; they pass round the stage in regular