COLONEL. ‘I wonder. She’s not like you, Alice?’
ALICE. ‘No. I used to be demonstrative, Amy——’
AMY, eagerly, ‘Were you?’
ALICE, hurriedly, ‘Oh, I grew out of it long ago.’
AMY, disappointed but sympathetic, ‘The wear and tear of life.’
ALICE, wincing, ‘No doubt.’
AMY, making conversation, ‘You have seen Cosmo?’
ALICE. ‘Yes.’
AMY, with pardonable curiosity, ‘What did you think of him?’
ALICE. ‘He—seemed a nice boy——’