MD3PAD 565-567

[Toby G Levy]

        A muscular man named Blackie talks revolution with Dixon.
Blackie commanded a thousand sailors during "the Riots."

        Foretopman Fender-Belly Bodine wanders into the tavern and says
he is now one of the soldiers commanded by Blackie.  Bodine tells how he
wound up in New York. Blackie says that Bodine almost started the
Revolutionary War by mooning British soldier, but Major Jones held his
fire.

vw#119: pygephanous - showing one's buttocks: mooning.

        Dixon sees that Philip Dimdown is also in the tavern and greets
him. They talk in private and Dixon says he now realizes that Dimdown is
not really a fop. Dimdown says that he is now obsessed by wigs. He tells
about the vast effort required to keep all the revolutionaries informed
of the latest news.

Toby