He is seen passing the window.)
[The DAUGHTER comes in.]
SINGER. Sweetheart!
DAUGHTER (going to him). Is it all right?
SINGER. Everything is all right, beloved.
DAUGHTER. You have told him?
SINGER (nodding). It couldn't have fallen out better. He, too, was
tired of wandering and wanted to settle down.
DAUGHTER. I told mother. She seemed glad. You know, I think she
seems younger about something.
[Enter FIDDLER.]
FIDDLER. Are we starting this afternoon?
DAUGHTER. Oh, Fiddler dear, do you mind very much? (She holds out
her hand, and the SINGER takes it.) We aren't coming at all. We--we--
SINGER. We are getting married.
FIDDLER (nodding to herself). I thought so.
DAUGHTER. But you will come and stay with us sometimes. Oh, say you
will!
SINGER (smiling at FIDDLER with great friendliness). Of course she
will.
(The TALKER and the MOTHER are seen coming least the windows.)
FIDDLER. There's Johannes. I expect we shall be starting this
afternoon.
[The TALKER and the MOTHER come in arm-in-arm. He bows to her and
takes the floor.]
TALKER. Ladies and gentlemen, companions-in-arms, knights and
ladies of the road, comrades all,--I have the honour to make an
announcement to you. The wandering company of the Red Feathers is
determined from this date, likewise disbanded, or, as others would
say, dissolved.
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