[Chuckles again.
LADY WARGRAVE.
To marry! after your experience!
COLONEL.
Way of the world, my dear. My poor old adjutant! went through the Mutiny unscathed, and killed in Rotten Row!
LADY WARGRAVE.
Well, it was quite time that you had a nurse!
[Rising and going R. front to meet Margery.
COLONEL.
Caroline’s taken it very well. Nothing like courage in these matters—courage! “Nurse” was distinctly nasty; but that’s Caroline’s way.