COLONEL, apologetically, ‘If you don’t mind.’
STEVE. ‘I do mind.’
COLONEL. ‘But if you feel you can stand it.’
STEVE. ‘You are my guest, so go ahead.’
COLONEL. ‘She fell asleep, Steve, holding my finger.’
STEVE. ‘Which finger?’
COLONEL. ‘This one. As Alice would say, Soldiering done, baby begun.’
STEVE. ‘Poor old chap.’
COLONEL. ‘I have been through a good deal in my time, Steve, but that is the biggest thing I have ever done.’
STEVE. ‘Have a cigar?’