I have been sent here by my Lord Dunmore, the governor of this colony of Virginia, to secure the persons of some of the principal rebellious subjects of his majesty King George, and your name, unfortunately, is the first and chiefest on the list.

I shall have to request you to accompany me at once." The master of the situation smiled mockingly, and the colonel, white with anger, looked about the room.

Resistance was perfectly hopeless; all the windows even were now blocked up by the irregular soldiery.
"He has chosen a fit man to do his work," said the colonel, in haughty scorn; "failing gentlemen, he must needs take blackguards and bullies into his service as housebreakers and raiders." Johnson flushed visibly, as he said with another bow, "Colonel Wilton would better remember that I am master now." "Sir, I am not likely to forget it.

There is the family plate.

I presume, from what I know of your habits, that will not be overlooked by you." "Quite so," he returned; "it will doubtless be a welcome contribution to the treasury of his majesty's colony.