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ROBERT LOWELL
ROBIN
Deerfield.
MAN WITH PERIWIG
BARBER
Deerfield!
Our bulwark from the savages!
Our martyred village! He's from Deerfield,
Barber. We can use his muscle.
You can feel it.
MAN WITH PERIWIG
(Seeing the
Boy)
Look, a child!
BARBER
Shall I shave him?
MAN WITH PERIWIG
Yes, shave him,
and teach him to beat a drum.
.HOY
I want a flintlock.
MAN WITH PERIWIG
ROBIN
A gun! You scare me!
Come on Apollo, we must march.
We'll put that shoulder to the wheel.
Come, I'll be your host in Boston.
I have connections here, a kinsman ...
MAN WITH PERIWIG
ROBIN
Of course you have connections here.
They
will
latch on to you like fleas.
This
is
your town! Boy! With that leg
You will find kinsmen on the moon.
My kinsman's Major Molineux.
MAN WITH PERIWIG
Your kinsman's Major Molineux!
Let go my coat cuff, Fellow. I have
authority, authority!
Hem! Hem! Respect your betters. Your leg
will
be acquainted with the stocks