23. EXTERIOR COLONEL BIRD'S HOUSE. Roland rushes down the street with a newspaper in his hand, runs up the steps and rings the bell.
24. PARLOR COLONEL BIRD'S HOUSE. Rosalie looks up quickly, thinking that this must be Roland. Mammy starts for the door but Rosalie tells her she will answer the bell, and she runs out into hall.
25. HALLWAY COLONEL BIRD'S HOUSE. Rosalie runs to the door and opens it.
26. EXTERIOR COLONEL BIRD'S HOUSE. Rosalie opens the door, and Roland rushes in.
27. HALLWAY COLONEL BIRD'S HOUSE. Roland, full of excitement, grabs Rosalie, shows her the article in the newspaper.
INSERT—Article in newspaper stating that Colonel Bird has been appointed Consul of Bunkonia and that he is to leave for there immediately with his daughter and his Secretary, James Conwell.
Roland asks Rosalie if this is true. Rosalie nods her head sadly, says that it is and
SP: "I DIDN'T KNOW A THING ABOUT IT MYSELF UNTIL THIS MORNING."
Roland protests that she can't go away and leave him, and Rosalie asks what she can do and says that her father has waited for this all his life and insists on taking her along. Roland asks where her father is, she points into parlor, and Roland tells her that he will see about whether she will be taken away or not, and full of worry, rushes into the parlor followed by Rosalie.
28. PARLOR COLONEL BIRD'S HOUSE. Colonel Bird is helping mammy pack and Roland rushes in followed by Rosalie. He goes to the Colonel and protests against taking his fiancée away from him. He puts his arm around Rosalie and says that he wants to marry her now and keep her. The Colonel can't see this at all, and says: