The subject of their conversation was a wish expressed by the prisoner for a clergyman of his own persuasion, and a promise from the major, that one should be sent from Fishkill town, through which he was about to pass, on his way to the ferry to intercept the expected return of Harper.
A fogoly tudniillik szerette volna, ha olyan lelkipásztort is kaphat, aki az ő felekezetéhez tartozik, s az őrnagy megígérte, hogy küld valakit Fishkillből, mivel amúgy is érintenie kell a várost a rév felé menet, ahová a visszatérő Harpert várták.