Hamilton.
[l. of Schuyler.] Uncle, I thought you knew I was expecting the General.
Zekiel.
I don' know nothin' 'cept what you tells me, so help me, Marse Ham'ton.
Hamilton.
I'm sorry, father, but you see as Secretary of the Treasury I'm a target for all kinds and conditions of people.
Schuyler.
[Sitting l. c.] People who come to borrow money, eh?
Hamilton.
[Giving Schuyler's hat to Zekiel.] Exactly. That's why I have to be "out, out, out." You see there is still a large section of the public who regard the Treasury as a sort of savings-bank, from which they can withdraw money without the preliminary inconvenience of depositing it.
Schuyler.
[Having risen to take off cloak, sits again.] Well, the people are slow to understand. It's only the last few years that we've had a Treasury.