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BARBARA. 'A soldier also!'
COLONEL. 'Just those three.'
BILLY. 'But that makes four. Granny and Barbara and a nurse and a
soldier.'
COLONEL. 'They were all there; but there were only three.'
BILLY. 'Odd.'
BARBARA, soothingly, 'Never mind, dear, Granny will make it all right.
She is the one for you.'
COLONEL. 'She is the one for me.'
KARL. 'If there had been a wedding, wouldn't she have taken the Colonel
with her?'
BARBARA. 'Of course she would.'
KARL. 'You are not too old to have a kind eye for a wedding, sir.'
COLONEL, wagging his head, 'Aha, aha! You know, if I had gone, very
likely I should have kissed the bride. Brides look so pretty on their
wedding day. They are often not pretty at other times, but they are all
pretty on their wedding day.'
KARL. 'You have an eye for a pretty girl still, sir!'
COLONEL. 'Yes, I have; yes, I have!'
BARBARA. 'I do believe I see it all. Granny has been talking to you
about Billy boy and me, and you haven't been able to wait; you have
hurried on the wedding!'
BILLY. 'Bravo, Barbara, you've got it.
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