MRS. C. Especially on horseback.
WOOD. Then I should certainly have had him taken on horseback!
MRS. C. He vowed that he had never loved before!
WOOD. Of course! ha, ha! that’s what they all say! ha, ha! (forgetting himself)
MRS. C. (astonished) Marmy!
WOOD. I mean to say, I’ve heard say that’s what they all say—that’s all I say!
MRS. C. I believed him, and we were married! That very day, Marmy, he retired on half-pay!
WOOD. Did he though? and, how old was Carver done in oil?
MRS. C. Thirty-nine!
WOOD. You mean, he said he was thirty-nine. Ha, ha! I’ve known lots of fellows who say they’re thirty-nine when in fact they—never mind!