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`` Thank you , Cap'n , '' said Holliday , touching his hat and pocketing the money ; `` you need not be afraid of me , for I 've seen tricks in my time worth two of that . And for the matter of taking this yellow boy , which might look to some like hush-money , the only difference between the patriot and me is , that he gets paid for opening his mouth , and I for keeping mine shut . '' `` You are a saucy knave , '' said Bernard , reassured by the fellow 's manner ; `` and I 'll warrant you never served under old Noll 's Puritan standard . But away with you , and remember to be in place at ten o'clock to-night , and come to me at this signal , '' and he gave a shrill whistle , which Holliday promised to understand and obey . And so they separated , Bernard to while away the tedious hours , by conversing with the old Colonel , and by endeavouring to reinstate himself in the good opinion of Virginia , while Holliday repaired to the kitchen , where , in company with his comrades and the white servants of the hall , he emptied about a half gallon of brown October ale . `` He sat her on a milk-white steed , And himself upon a grey ; He never turned his face again , But he bore her quite away . '' _ The Knight of the Burning Pestle .