Why not?
he would be with you; and kindly would we treat him.
Indeed, without your father you would be nothing at all.
_Myself_.

That's true; but I do not think he could be spared from his regiment.

I have heard him say that they could do nothing without him.
_Man_.

His regiment! What are you talking about ?--what does the child mean?
_Myself_.

What do I mean!--why, that my father is an officer-man at the barracks yonder, keeping guard over the French prisoners.
_Man_.