WADSWORTH [_low_]

Now Allyn, seeing you are the clerk of the General Court, you can sit at the Governor's table without exciting suspicion.

ALLYN

Yes, Captain!

WADSWORTH

Best put your chair next the window.

ALLYN

Have you the charter?

WADSWORTH

Yes, I have it with me, and when Andros demands it I shall have to produce it.

ALLYN

Andros must not be allowed to get his hand on it.

WADSWORTH

That will be your duty.

ALLYN

Yes?

WADSWORTH

w.i.l.l.ys will be waiting outside that window, next your chair. When the candles go out, grab the charter and toss it out the window. He'll put it in a safe place.

ALLYN

Where?

WADSWORTH

You know the oak in front of his house?

ALLYN

Indeed yes!

WADSWORTH

There is a hollow--high up--

ALLYN

Good!

WADSWORTH [_louder_]

Nathan!

s.e.xTON

Yes, Captain!

WADSWORTH

A good fire you have in the fireplace.

s.e.xTON

I figgered to have a good fire--it's a mite chilly this evenin'.

WADSWORTH

It may get overly warm in here before the meeting is over.

s.e.xTON

Aye.

WADSWORTH

I want you to stand close to that window behind John Allyn's chair.

s.e.xTON

Yes, sir!

WADSWORTH

Don't leave it. And the moment I say, "s.e.xton, it's warm in here,"

throw open the window. You understand?

s.e.xTON

"s.e.xton, it's warm in here," throw it open. Yes, sir, I understand.

WADSWORTH

Never mind what anyone else says. Throw it open on my signal and throw it wide open.