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Compliments, indeed!
VOICE
And requests Governor Treat to come aboard for a parley.
TREAT
Never! Tell him if Andros has anything to say let him come here, alone and unarmed, and say it!
ALLYN
Yes, sir! [_loud_] Governor Treat's compliments. He requests Governor Andros to come ash.o.r.e for a parley.
TREAT
Alone and unarmed.
ALLYN [_loud_]
If he means no harm, let him come alone and unarmed.
TREAT
He'll never come!
ALLYN
They're letting a small boat down, sir!
TREAT
Indeed! Who is in it?
ALLYN
A sailor and another--
TREAT
Andros?
ALLYN
It may be, I don't know him. They're pulling away from the side now.
TREAT
If that is really Andros, he's a brave man.
ALLYN
Aye, sir, he is that. Will you go down to meet him?
TREAT
Indeed I will, if he has the courage to come ash.o.r.e without a guard! I can do no less than meet him at the sh.o.r.e. Come along, Lieutenant.
[_calling_] Stand by, men, ready for action at any moment! Lieutenant Allyn and I are going out to meet the Governor!
ALLYN
Through this portal, sir! I've unlocked it.
TREAT
Thank you.
ALLYN
The boat is just beaching, sir.
TREAT
Good! And here he comes.
ALLYN
Alone!
TREAT
Have I the honor of greeting Governor Andros?
ANDROS [_coming in, storming angrily_]
What is the meaning of this, sir? What is the meaning of this?
TREAT
I beg your pardon?
ANDROS
This--this show of force? What is the meaning of it, I say?
TREAT
Sir! This force is here to maintain the rights of this colony against the illegal aggression of New York!
ANDROS
