JOHN
Then it didn't take long for us to agree, eh?
MRS. JOHN
Yes, an' I laughed an', bit by bit, I looked at myself in every one o' your brass buttons. I was lookin' different then! An' then you said …
JOHN
Well, mother, you're a great one for rememberin' things, I must say!
MRS. JOHN
An' then you said: When we has a boy, an' that'll be soon, he c'n follow the flag into the field too "with God for King an' country."
JOHN
[Sings to the child, playing with the rattle.]