AMY, hurt, ‘And baby?’
ALICE. ‘Yes—oh yes.’
AMY. ‘Isn’t she fat?’
ALICE. ‘Is she?’
The nurse’s head intrudes.
NURSE. ‘If you please, sir—I think baby wants you again.’
The Colonel’s face exudes complacency, but he has the grace to falter.
COLONEL. ‘What do you think, Alice?’
ALICE, broken under the blow, ‘By all means go.’
COLONEL. ‘Won’t you come also? Perhaps if I am with you—’