(CINDERELLA finds this extremely funny—so does DANNY; even the DOCTOR is discreetly amused.)
CINDERELLA (to Danny). Tell the men that! He’s not exactly a relative. (She pulls Mr. Bodie down by the lapels of his coat.) He’s just that great big ridiculous policeman!
BODIE. Oho! Our policeman again! Does he come all this way to see you?
CINDERELLA (her shoulders rising in pride). Twice already; and he’s coming again to-day! Mr. Bodie, get the Doctor to take you over the Convalescent Home. There’s a field with cows in it, a whole litter of them! And the larder? There’s barrel upon barrel full of eggs and sawdust, and Danny says—this is Danny—
(DANNY, who is slightly lame and is in hospital blue, comes to attention.)
Danny says the hens lay in the barrels so as to save time in packing.
(DANNY finds the severe eye of the Doctor upon him and is abashed.)
Mr. Bodie, look! (displaying her cap). The Doctor lets me wear it; it makes me half a nurse, a kind of nurse’s help. I make bandages, and they’re took away in glass bottles and sterilized. Mr. Bodie, as sure as death I’m doing something for my country.
DR. BODIE. Cinderella, you’re talking too much.