 
 <prompt> CHAPTER II SHIPWRECKED 

For di next morning, Nigel Graheme tell im visitors say e don decide to accept their offer, and go start to gather company immediately. 

"I get," e talk, "as una sabi, small property wey I get, and for di last eight years wey I dey here dey look after Malcolm, I don dey save any money wey I dey collect from rent, and I fit provide arms and accoutrements for one hundred men without any wahala. When Malcolm don reach im age, e go fit act on im own, and fit gather two or three hundred men if e like; but for now, e go march for my company. I sabi say I get power to appoint my own officers." 

"Yes, until you join di regiment," Munro talk. "You get di first appointments. After that, di colonel go fill up any vacancies. You gats decide how you go arm your men, because you must sabi say Gustavus' regiments get their right and left wings wey dey composed of musketeers, while di centre dey formed of pikemen, so you gats decide which branch your company go belong." 

"I go choose pikemen," Nigel talk, "because after all, na pikemen dey decide di battle." 

"Correct, Nigel. I get drawing of di armour wey we dey use here. You see say dem get helmets wey be acorn shape, with rim wey dey turn up for front; gauntlets, buff coats wey dey well padded for front, and large breast plates. Di pikes dey vary from fourteen to eighteen feet long depending on di commander's preference. We usually use about sixteen. If your company dey one hundred strong, you go get two lieutenants and three ensigns. Make sure say you choose your officers well. I go fill in di king's commission give you as captain of di company, wey go authorize you to recruit men for im service and to appoint officers for am." <response>: 1. yes
2. no
3. small patrimony
4. eight years
5. e don dey there eight years
6. dey save any rents
7. arms
8. accoutrements
9. one hundred men
10. two or three hundred men
11. Nigel's
12. Nigel
13. e join di regiment,
14. Munro
15. di colonel
16. how e go arm im men
17. musketeers
18. Gustavus
19. unknown
20. no 