I don't mind your being there, but I'm not
going to have crowds of other brides and bridegrooms taking up the
whole aisle--said she, seizing her engagement-ring and--Oh, bother!
I haven't got one yet.
(TOMMY rushes up and takes her in his arms. At this moment GERALD
comes in by the garden door. He stops on seeing them, and then goes
quickly on to the door in front of the staircase.)
GERALD (as he passes them). Came in and went tactfully out again.
TOMMY (as LETTY frees herself). I say, Gerald, old man.
GERALD (stopping at the door, turning round and coming back in the
same business-like way). Returned hopefully.
TOMMY (in confusion). I say, we're engaged.
GERALD (looking at them happily). Oh, hoo-ray!
LETTY. Do say you're surprised.
GERALD. Awfully, awfully pleased, Letty. Of course, when I saw you--
er--thinking together in a corner--By Jove, I _am_ bucked. I did
hope so much.
LETTY. You dear!
GERALD. I feel very fatherly. Bless you, my children.
TOMMY. We shall have about tuppence a year, but Letty doesn't mind
that.
GERALD (to LETTY). You'll have to make him work. (Thoughtfully) He's
too old for a caddy.
LETTY. Couldn't you find him something in the Foreign Office? He
knows the French for pen and ink.
TOMMY. What's ink?
LETTY. At least, he knows the French for pen.
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