"I know all about your Whig Association," Shaftoe said. He had advanced now to walking, and tottered a few steps in Comstock’s direction. "I have heard the rumors about all the money you have raised from the merchants of the City. And as to your efforts to recruit soldiers away from Her Majesty’s regiments, and sign them up in your private army: I recruited them first , and trained them, so do not think that a single one has escaped my attention."