Can you bear to give him up when he’s only just come back to you?
Mrs. Wharton.
Oh, but it’s not giving him up when he’s marrying Sylvia. She’s been like a daughter to us. D’you know, they’ve been engaged for seven years.
Mrs. Poole.
I hope they’ll be very happy. Sylvia certainly deserves to be.
Colonel Wharton.
She’s done cheerfully the most difficult thing anyone can do. All through the war when she was pining to be off and do her bit she stayed at home with a bed-ridden mother.
Mrs. Wharton.
Poor Mrs. Bullough.
Colonel Wharton.