Will you get me the water, please?
Bill. No I aint going ter get yer no water. Go on ter sleep. What
do you think I am, a nigger paid to wait on you?
Third Soldier. If I told you what I thought, you'd put the
bracelets on me and throw me in the pit.
Bill. Well, watch you don't go there anyway.
Third Soldier. For God's sake!
Bill. Shut up!
[Exit into hall.
Third Soldier. Seven hours!
[Enter Carter. He is very pale and worn looking. He is without
his coat; his clothes ragged and soiled.
Carter (looking up). What's the trouble?
Third Soldier. Nothing. No water, that's all.
Carter. I've got a little in a cup near the window. Take it.
Third Soldier (hesitates). Don't you want it?
Carter. No. But, say, will you do something for me?
Third Soldier. Won't I, though.
Carter. And keep quiet about it?
Third Soldier. Yes.
Carter. That fellow Cabell in there is a friend of mine. He's got
something to tell me, but the warden watches you like a hawk. Send him
in here and keep the others there.
[Exit soldier.
I can't make it out. He was captured alone.
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