GERALD. She'll be as bucked as I am. (Looking from one to the other) Has anything else frightfully exciting happened to you since lunch? Because, if not, I've got some more news.
LETTY. What is it? I love news.
GERALD. All ready? Then one, two, three: Bob is coming this afternoon.
LETTY and TOMMY together. No! Rot!
GERALD (Singing to the tune of "Here we go gathering nuts and may"). Oh, Bob is coming this afternoon, this afternoon, this afternoon! Oh, Bob is coming this afternoon, all on an autumn morning! Now then, all together.
(They join hands and march up the hall and back again, singing together.)
ALL TOGETHER (waving imaginary hats). Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!
TOMMY. It doesn't make sense, you know, coming back in the afternoon on an autumn morning.
GERALD. Who cares for sense?
LETTY (squeezing his arm). Oh, Gerald, I am glad. But I thought he had another week or so.