CAPT。G。（Slowly，fingeringcharger\'sheadstall。）Yourcurb\'stooloose。
CAPT。M。Soitis。Putitstraight，willyou？（Aside。）Ishallbelateforparade。PoorGaddy。
CAPT。G。linksandunlinkscurb-chainaimlessly，andfinallystandsstaringtowardtheveranda。Thedaybrightens。
DOCTOR。（Knockedoutofprofessionalgravity，trampingacrossflower-bedsandshakingG\'shands。）It\'-it\'s-it\'s！-Gadsby，tbere\'safairchance-adashedfairchance。Theflicker，y\'know。Thesweat，y\'knowIsawhowitwouldbe。Thepunkab，y\'know。DeucedcleverwomanthatAyahofyours。Stoppedthepunkabjustattherighttime。Adashedgoodchance！No-youdon\'tgoin。We\'llpullherthroughyetIpromiseonmyreputation-underProvidence。
SendamanwiththisnotetoBingle。Twoheadsbetterthanone。
\'SpeciallytheAyah！We\'llpullherround。（Retreatshastilytohouse。）
CAPT。G。（HisheadonneckofM。\'scharger。）Jack！Ibub-bu-
believe，I\'mgoingtomakeabu-bub-bloodyexhibitiodofbyself。
CAPT。M。（Sniffingopenlyandfeelmginhisleftcuff。）I
b-b-believe，I\'bdoingitalready。Oldbad，whatcadIsay？I\'baspleasedas-Coddabyou，Gaddy！You\'reonebigidiotandI\'badother。（Pullinghimselftogether。）Sittight！HerecomestheDevil-dodger。
JUNIORCHAPLAIN。（WhoisnotintheDoctor\'sconfidence。）
We-weareonlymeninthesethings，Gadsby。IknowthatIcansaynothingnowtohelpCAPT。M。（fealously。）Thendon\'tsayitLeavehimalone。It\'snotbadenoughtocroakover。Here，Gaddy，takethechittoBingleandridehell-for-leather。It\'lldoyougood。Ican\'tgo。
JUNIORCHAPLAIN。Dohimgood！（Smiling。）GivemethechitandI\'lldrive。Lethimliedown。Yourhorseisblockingmycart-please！
CAPT。M。（Slowlywithoutreiningback。）Ibegyourpardon-I\'llapologize。Onpaperifyoulike。
JUNIORCHAPLAIN。（FlickingM。\'scharger。）That\'lldo，thanks。
Turnin，Gadsby，andI\'llbringBingleback-ahem-\"hell-for-
leather。\"
CAPT。M。（Solus。）Itwouldhaveservedmerightifhe\'dcutmeacrosstheface。Hecandrivetoo。Ishouldn\'tcaretogothatpaceinabamboocart。WhatafaithhemusthaveinhisMaker-ofharness！
Comehup，youbrute！（Gallopsofftoparade，blowinghisnose，asthesunrises。）
（INTERVALOF\'FIVEWEEKS。）
MRS。G。（Verywhiteandpinched，inmorningwrapperatbreakfasttable。）Howbigandstrangetheroomlooks，andhowgladIamtoseeitagain！Whatdust，though！Imusttalktotheservants。
Sugar，Pip？I\'vealmostforgotten。（Seriously。）Wasn\'tIveryill？
CAPT。G。IllerthanIliked。（Tenderly。）Oh，youbadlittlePussy，whatastartyougaveme\'
MRS。G。I\'llneverdoitagain。
CAPT。G。You\'dbetternot。Andnowgetthosepoorpalecheekspinkagain，orIshallbeangry。Don\'ttrytolifttheurn。You\'llupsetit。Wait。（Comesroundtoheadoftableandliftsurn。）
Mas。G。（Quickly。）Khitmatgar，howarchikhanaseekettlylao。
Butler，getakettlefromthecook-house。（DrawingdownG。\'sfacetoherown。）Pipdear，Iremember。
CAPT。G。What？
Mas。G。Thatlastterriblenight。
CAPT\'。G。Thenjustyouforgetallaboutit。
Mas。G。（Softly，hereyesfilling。）Never。Ithasbroughtusveryclosetogether，myhusband。There！（Interlude。）I\'mgoingtogiveJundaasaree。
CAPT。G。Igaveherfiftydibs。
Mas。G。Soshetoldme。Itwasa\'normousreward。WasIworthit？（Severalinterludes。）Don\'t！Here\'sthekhitmatgar-TwolumpsoroneSir？
THESWELLINGOFJORDAN
Ifthouhastrunwiththefootmenandtheyhaveweariedthee，thenhowcanstthoucontendwithhorses？Andifinthelandofpeacewhereinthoutrustedsttheyweariedthee，thenhowwiltthoudointheswellingofJordan？
SCENE-TheGADSBYS\'bungalowinthePlains，onaJanuarymorning。Mas。G。arguingwithbearerinbackveranda。
CAPT。M。ridesup。
CAPT。M。\'Mornin\'，Mrs。Gadsby。How\'stheInfantPhenomenonandtheProudProprietor？
Mas。G。You\'llfindtheminthefrontveranda；gothroughthehouse。I\'mMarthajustnow。
CAPT。M，\'CumberedaboutwithcaresofKhitmatgars？Ifly。
Passesintofrontveranda，whereGADSBViswatchingGADSBY
JUNIOR，agedtenmonths，crawlingaboutthematting。
CAPT。M。What\'sthetrouble，Gaddy-spoilinganhonestman\'sEuropemorningthisway？（SeeingG。JUNIOR。）ByJove，thatyearling\'scomm\'onamaxingly！Anyamountofbonebelowthekneethere。
CAPT。G。Yes，he\'sahealthylittlescoundrel。Don\'tyouthinkhishair\'sgrowing？
CAPT。M。Let\'shavealook。Hi！HstComehere，GeneralLuck，andwe\'llreportonyou。
MRS。G。（Within。）Whatabsurdnamewillyougivehimnext？
Whydoyoucallhimthat？
CAPT。M。Isn\'theourInspector-GeneralofCavalry？Doesn\'thecomedowninhisseventeen-twoperambulatoreverymorningthePinkHussarsparade？Don\'twriggle，Brigadier。Giveusyourprivateopiniononthewaythethirdsquadronwentpast。\'Trifleragged，werentthey？
CAPT。G。AbiggersetoftailorsthanthenewdraftIdon\'twishtosee。They\'vegivenmemorethanmyfairshare-knockingthesquadronoutofshape。It\'ssickening！
CAPT。M。Whenyou\'reincommand，you\'lldobetter，young\'un。
Can\'tyouwalkyet？Gripmyfingerandtry。（ToG。）\'Twon\'thurthishocks，willit？
CAPT。G。Oh，no。Don\'tlethimflop，though，orhe\'lllickalltheblackingoffyourboots。
MRS。G。（Within。）Who\'sdestroymgmyson\'scharacter？
CAPT。M。AndmyGodson\'s。I\'mashamedofyou，Gaddy。Punchyourfatherintheeye，Jack！Don\'tyoustandit！HithimagainI
CAPT。G。（Sottovoce。）PutTheButchadownandcometotheendoftheveranda。I\'drathertheWifedidn\'thear-justnow。
CAPT。M。Youlookawf\'lyserious。Anythingwrong？
CAPT。G。\'Dependsonyourviewentirely。Isay，Jack，youwon\'tthinkmorehardlyofmethanyoucanhelp，willyou？Comefurtherthisway-Thefactofthematteris，thatI\'vemadeupmymind-atleastI\'mthinkingseriouslyof-cuttingtheService。
CAPT。M。Hwhatt？
CAPT。G。Don\'tshout。I\'mgoingtosendinmypapers。
CAPT。M。You！Areyoumad？
CAPT。G。No-onlymarried。
CAPT。M。Lookhere！What\'sthemeaningofitall？Youneverintendtoleaveus。Youcan\'t。Isn\'tthebestsquadronofthebestregimentofthebestcavalryinalltheworldgoodenoughforyou？
CAPT。G。（Jerkinghisheadoverhisshoulder。）Shedoesn\'tseemtothriveinthisGod-forsakencountry，andthere\'sTheButchatobeconsideredandallthat，youknow。
CAPT。M。Doesshesaythatshedoesn\'tlikeIndia？
CAPT。G。That\'stheworstofit。Shewon\'tforfearofleavingme。
CAPT。M。WhataretheHillsmadefor？
CAPT。G。Notformywife，atanyrate。
CAPT。M。Youknowtoomuch，Gaddy，and-Idon\'tlikeyouanythebetterforit！
CAPT。G。Nevermindthat。ShewantsEngland，andTheButchawouldbeallthebetterforit。I\'mgoingtochuck。Youdon\'tunderstand。
CAPT。M。（Hotly。）IunderstandthisOnehundredandthirty-sevennewhorsetobelickedintoshapesomehowbeforeLuckcomesroundagain；ahairy-heeleddraftwho\'llgivemoretroublethanthehorses；acampnextcoldweatherforacertainty；
ourselvesthefirstontheroster；theRussianshindyreadytocometoaheadatfiveminutes\'notice，andyou，thebestofusall，backingoutofitall！Thinkalittle，Gaddy。Youwon\'tdoit。
CAPT。G。Hangit，amanhassomedutiestowardhisfamily，I
suppose。
CAPT。M。Irememberaman，though，whotoldme，thenightafterAmdheran，whenwewerepicketedunderJagai，andhe\'dlefthissword-bytheway，didyoueverpayRankenforthatsword？-inanUtmanzai\'shead-thatmantoldmethathe\'dstickbymeandthePinksaslongashelived。Idon\'tblamehimfornotstickingbyme-I\'mnotmuchofaman-butIdoblamehimfornotstickingbythePinkHussars。
CAPT。G。（Uneasily。）Wewerelittlemorethanboysthen。Can\'tyousee，Jack，howthingsstand？\'Tisn\'tasifwewereservingforourbread。We\'veallofus，moreorless，gotthefilthylucre。I\'mluckierthansome，perhaps。There\'snocallformetoserveon。
CAPT。M。Noneintheworldforyouorforus，excepttheRegimental。Ifyoudon\'tchoosetoanswertothat，ofcourse-
CAPT。G。Don\'tbetoohardonaman。YouknowthatalotofusonlytakeupthethingforafewyearsandthengobacktoTownandcatchonwiththerest。
CAPT。M。Notlots，andtheyaren\'tsomeofUs。
CAPT。G。Andthenthereareone\'saffairsatHometobeconsidered-myplaceandtherents，andallthat。Idon\'tsupposemyfathercanlastmuchlonger，andthatmeansthetitle，andsoon。
CAPT。M。\'Fraidyouwon\'tbeenteredintheStudBookcorrectlyunlessyougoHome？Takesixmonths，then，andcomeoutinOctober。IfIcouldslayoffabrotherortwo，Is\'poseIshouldbeaMarquisofsorts。Anyfoolcanbethat；butitneedsmen，Gaddy-
menlikeyou-toleadflankingsquadronsproperly。Don\'tyoudeludeyourselfintothebeliefthatyou\'regoingHometotakeyourplaceandpranceaboutamongpink-nosedKabulidowagers。Youaren\'tbuiltthatway。Iknowbetter。
CAPT。G。Amanhasarighttolivehislifeashappilyashecan。
Youaren\'tmarried。
CAPT。M。No-praisebetoProvidenceandtheoneortwowomenwhohavehadthegoodsensetojawabme。
CAPT。G。Thenyoudon\'tknowwhatitistogointoyourownroomandseeyourwife\'sheadonthepillow，andwheneverythingelseissafeandthehouseshutupforthenight，towonderwhethertheroof-beamswon\'tgiveandkillher。
CAPT。M。（Aside。）Revelationsfirstandsecond！（Aloud。）So-o！
IknewamanwhogotsquiffyatourMessonceandconfidedtomethatheneverhelpedhiswifeontoherhorsewithoutpraymgthatshe\'dbreakherneckbeforeshecameback。Allhusbandsaren\'talike，yousee。
CAPT。G。Whatonearthhasthattodowithmycase？Themanmustha\'beenmad，orhiswifeasbadastheymake\'em。
CAPT。M。（Aside。）\'Nofaultofyoursifeitherweren\'tallyousay。
You\'veforgottenthetimewhenyouwereinsaneabouttheHerriottwoman。Youalwayswereagoodhandatforgetting。（Aloud。）Notmoremadthanmenwhogototheotherextreme。Bereasonable，Gaddy。Yourroof-beamsaresoundenough。
CAPT。G。Thatwasonlyawayofspeaking。I\'vebeenuneasyandworriedabouttheWifeeversincethatawfulbusinessthreeyearsago-when-Inearlylosther。Canyouwonder？
CAPT。M。Oh，ashellneverfallstwiceinthesameplace。You\'vepaidyourtolltomisfortune-whyshouldyourWifebepickedoutmorethananybodyelse\'s？
CAPT。G。Icantalkjustasreasonablyasyoucan，butyoudon\'tunderstand-youdon\'tunderstand。Andthenthere\'sTheButcha。
DeuceknowswheretheAyahtakeshimtositintheevening！Hehasabitofacough。Haven\'tyounoticedit？
CAPT。M。Bosh！TheBrigadier\'sjumpingoutofhisskinwithpurecondition。He\'sgotamuzzlelikearose-leafandthechestofatwo-year-old。What\'sdemoralizedyou？
CAPT。G。Funk。That\'sthelongandtheshortofit。Funk！
CAPT。M。Butwhatistheretofunk？
CAPT。G。Everything。It\'sghastly。
CAPT。M。Ah！Isee。
Youdon\'twanttofight，AndbyJingowhenwedo，You\'vegotthekid，you\'vegottheWife，You\'vegotthemoney，too。
That\'saboutthecase，eh？
CAPT。G。Isupposethat\'sit。Butit\'snotbrmyself。It\'sbecauseofthem。AtleastIthinkitis。
CAPT。M。Areyousure？Lookingatthematterinacold-bloodedlight，theWifeisprovidedforevenifyouwerewipedouttonight。
Shehasanancestralhometogoto，moneyandtheBrigadiertocarryontheillustriousname。
CAPT。G。Thenitisformyselforbecausetheyarepartofme。Youdon\'tseeit。Mylife\'ssogood，sopleasant，asitis，thatIwanttomakeitquitesafe。Can\'tyouunderstand？
CAPT。M。Perfectly。\"Shelter-pitfortheOff\'cer\'scharger，\"astheysayintheLine。
CAPT。G。AndIhaveeverythingtomyhandtomakeitso。I\'msickofthestrainandtheworryfortheirsakesouthere；andthereisn\'tasinglerealdifficultytopreventmydroppingitaltogether。
It\'llonlycostme-Jack，Ihopeyou\'llneverknowtheshamethatI\'vebeengoingthroughforthepastsixmonths。
CAPT。M。Holdonthere！Idon\'twishtohetold。Everymanhashismoodsandtensessometimes。
CAPT。G。（Laughingbrtterly。）Hashe？Whatdoyoucallcraningovertoseewhereyournear-forelands？
CAPT。M。InmycaseitmeansthatIhavebeenontheConsiderableBend，andhavecometoparadewithaHeadandaHand。Itpassesinthreestrides。
CAPT。G。（Loweringvoice。）Itneverpassesw\'thme，Jack。I\'malwaysthinkingaboutit。PhilGadsbyfunkingafallonparade！
Sweetpicture，isn\'tit！Drawitforme。
CAPT。M。（Gravely。）Heavenforbid！Amanlikeyoucan\'tbeasbadasthat。Afallisnonicething，butonenevergivesitathought。
CAPT。G。Doesn\'tone？Waittillyou\'vegotawifeandayoungsterofyourown，andthenyou\'llknowhowtheroarofthesquadronbehindyouturnsyoucoldalluptheback。
CAPT。M。（Aside。）AndthismanledatAmdheranafterBagalDeasinwentunder，andwewereallmixeduptogether，andhecameoutofthesnowdrippinglikeabutcher。（Aloud。）Skittles！
Themencanalwaysopenout，andyoucanalwayspickyourwaymoreorless。Wehaven\'tthedusttobotherus，asthemenhave，andwhoeverheardofahorsesteppingonaman？
CAPT。G。Never-aslongashecansee。ButdidtheyopenoutforpoorErrington？
CAPT。M。Oh，thisischildish！
CAPT。G。Iknowitis，worsethanthat。Idon\'tcare。You\'veriddenVanLoo。Ishethesortofbrutetopickhisway-\'speciallywhenwe\'recomingupincolumnoftroopwithanypaceon？
CAPT。M。OnceinaBlueMoondowegallopincolumnoftroop，andthenonlytosavetime。Aren\'tthreelengthsenoughforyou？
CAPT。G。Yes-quiteenough。Theyjustallowforthefulldevelopmentofthesmash。I\'mtalkinglikeacur，Iknow:butItellyouthat，forthepastthreemonths，I\'vefelteveryhoofofthesquadroninthesmallofmybackeverytimethatI\'veled。
CAPT。M。But，Gaddy，thisisawful！
CAPT。G。Isn\'titlovely？Isn\'titroyal？ACaptainofthePinkHussarswateringuphischargerbeforeparadeliketheblastedboozingColonelofaBlackRegiment！
CAPT。M。Youneverdid！
CAPT。G。OnceOnly。Hesquelchedlikeamussuck，andtheTroop-Sergeant-Majorcockedhiseyeatme。YouknowoldHaffy\'seye。Iwasafraidtodoitagain。
CAPT。M。Ishouldthinkso。ThatwasthebestwaytoruptureoldVanLoo\'stummy，andmakehimcrumpleyouup。Youknewthat。
CAPT。G。Ididn\'tcare。Ittooktheedgeoffhim。
CAPT。M。\"Tooktheedgeoffhim\"？Gaddy，you-you-youmustn\'t，youknow！Thinkofthemen。
CAPT。G。That\'sanotherthingIamafraidof。D\'yous\'posetheyknow？
CAPT。M。Let\'shopenot；butthey\'redeadlyquicktospotskirm-littlethingsofthatkind。Seehere，oldman，sendtheWifeHomeforthehotweatherandcometoKashmirwithme。We\'llstartaboatontheDalorcrosstheRhotang-shootibexorloaf-
whichyouplease。Onlycome！You\'reabitoffyouroatsandyou\'retalkingnonsense。LookattheColonel-swag-belliedrascalthatheis。Hehasawifeandnoendofabow-windowofhisown。Cananyoneofusrideroundhim-chalkstonesandall？Ican\'t，andIthinkI
canshoveacrockalongabit。
CAPT。G。Somemenaredifferent。Ihaven\'tanynerve。Lordhelpme，Ihaven\'tthenerve！I\'vetakenupaholeandahalftogetmykneeswellunderthewallets。Ican\'thelpit。I\'msoafraidofanythinghappeningtome。Onmysoul，Ioughttobebrokeinfrontofthesquadron，forcowardice。
CAPT。M。Uglyword，that。Ishouldneverhavethecouragetoownup。
CAPT。G。ImeanttolieaboutmyreasonswhenIbegan，but-I\'vegotoutofthehabitoflyingtoyou，oldman。Jack，youwon\'t？-ButIknowyouwon\'t。
CAPT。M。Ofcoursenot。（Halfaloud。）ThePinksarepayingdearlyfortheirPride。
CAPT。G。Eb！What-at？
CAPT。M。Don\'tyouknow？ThemenhavecalledMrs。GadsbythePrideofthePinkHussarseversinceshecametous。
CAPT。G。\'Tisn\'therfault。Don\'tthinkthat。It\'sallmine。
CAPT。M。Whatdoesshesay？
CAPT。G。Ihaven\'texactlyputitbeforeher。She\'sthebestlittlewomanintheworld，Jack，andallthat-butshewouldn\'tcounselamantosticktohiscallingifitcamebetweenhimandher。Atleast，Ithink-
CAPT。M。Nevermind。Don\'ttellherwhatyoutoldme。GoonthePeerageandLanded-Gentrytack。
CAPT。G。She\'dseethroughit。She\'sfivetimesclevererthanIam。
CAPT。M。（Aside。）Thenshe\'llacceptthesacrificeandthinkalittlebitworseofhimfortherestofherdays。
CAPT。G。（Absentl\'y。）Isay，doyoudespiseme？
CAPT。M。\'Queerwayofputtingit。Haveyoueverbeenaskedthatquestion？Thinkaminute。Whatanswerusedyoutogive？
CAPT。G。Sobadasthat？I\'mnotentitledtoexpectanythingmore，butit\'sabithardwhenone\'sbestfriendturnsroundand-
CAPT。M。So！havefoundButyouwillhaveconsolations-BailiffsandDrainsandLiquidManureandthePrimroseLeague，and，perhaps，ifyou\'relucky，theColonelcyofaYeomanryCav-al-ryRegiment-alluniformandnoriding，Ibelieve。Howoldareyou？
CAPT。G。Thirty-three。Iknowit\'s-
CAPT。M。Atfortyyou\'llbeafoolofaJ。P。landlord。Atfiftyyou\'llownabath-chair，andTheBrigadier，ifhetakesafteryou，willbeflutteringthedovecotesof-what\'stheparticulardunghillyou\'regoingto？Also，Mrs。Gadsbywillbefat。
CAPT。G。（Limply。）Thisisrathermorethanajoke。
CAPT。M。D\'youthinkso？Isn\'tcuttingtheServiceajoke？Itgenerallytakesamanfiftyyearstoarriveatit。You\'requiteright，though。Itismorethanajoke。You\'vemanageditinthirty-three。
CAPT。G。Don\'tmakemefeelworsethanIdo。WillitsatisfyyouifIownthatIamashirker，askrim-shanker，andacoward？
CAPT。M。Itwil！not，becauseI\'mtheonlymanintheworldwhocantalktoyoulikethiswithoutbeingknockeddown。Youmustn\'ttakeallthatI\'vesaidtoheartinthisway。Ionlyspoke-alotofitatleast-outofpureselfishness，because，because-Oh，damnitall，oldman，-Idon\'tknowwhatIshalldowithoutyou。Ofcourse，you\'vegotthemoneyandtheplaceandallthat-andtherearetwoverygoodreasonswhyyoushouldtakecareofyourself。
CAPT。G。\'Doesn\'tmakeitanysweeter。I\'mbackingout-IknowI
am。Ialwayshadasoftdropinmesomewhere-andIdaren\'triskanydangertothem。
CAPT。M。Whyintheworldshouldyou？You\'reboundtothinkofyourfamily-boundtothink。Er-hmm。IfIwasn\'tayoungersonI\'dgotoo-beshotifIwouldn\'tI！
CAPT。G。Thankyou，Jack。It\'sakindlie，butit\'stheblackestyou\'vetoldforsometime。IknowwhatI\'mdoing，andI\'mgoingintoitwithmyeyesopen。Oldman，Ican\'thelpit。Whatwouldyoudoifyouwereinmyplace？
CAPT。M。（Aside。）\'Couldn\'tconceiveanywomangettingpermanentlybetweenmeandtheRegiment。（Aloud。）\'Can\'tsay。
\'VerylikelyIshoulddonobetter。I\'msorryforyou-awf\'lysorry-but\"ifthem\'syoursentiments，\"Ibelieve，Ireallydo，thatyouareactingwisely。
CAPT。G。Doyou？Ihopeyoudo。（Inawhisper。）Jack，beverysureofyourselfbeforeyoumarry。I\'manungratefulruffiantosaythis，butmarriage-evenasgoodamarriageasminehasbeen-
hampersaman\'swork，itcrippleshissword-arm，andoh，itplaysHellwithhisnotionsofduty。Sometimes-goodandsweetassheis-sometimesIcouldwishthatIhadkeptmyfreedom-No，Idon\'tmeanthatexactly。
MRS。G。（Comingdownveranda。）Whatareyouwaggingyourheadove；Pip？
CAPT。M。（Turningquickly。）Me，asusual。Theoldsermon。Yourhusbandisrecommendingmetogetmarried。\'Neversawsuchaone-ideaedman。
MRS。G。Well，whydon\'tyou？Idaresayyouwouldmakesomewomanveryhappy。
CAPT。G。There\'stheLawandtheProphets，Jack。NevermindtheRegiment。Makeawomanhappy。（Aside。）OLord！
CAPT。M。We\'llsee。ImustbeofftomakeaTroopCookdesperatelyunhappy。Iwon\'thavethewilyHussarfedonGovernmentBullockTrainshinbones-（Hastily。）Surelyblackantscan\'tbegoodforTheBrigadier。He\'spickingemoffthemattingandeating\'em。Here，SenorComandanteDonGrubbynuse，comeandtalktome。（LiftsG。JUNIORinhisarms。）\'Wantmywatch？
Youwon\'tbeabletoputitintoyourmouth，butyoucantry。（G。
JUNIORdropswatch，breakingdialandhands。）
MRS。G。Oh，CaptainMafflin，Iamsosorry！Jack，youbad，badlittlevillain。Ahhh！
CAPT。M。It\'snottheleastconsequence，Iassureyou。He\'dtreattheworldinthesamewayifhecouldgetitintohishands。
Everything\'smadetobeplayed，withandbroken，isn\'tit，young\'un？
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MRS。G。Mafflindidn\'tatalllikehiswatchbeingbroken，thoughhewastoopolitetosayso。Itwasentirelyhisfaultforgivingittothechild。Demlittlepudsarewerry，werryfeeble，aren\'tdey，byJack-in-de-box？（ToG。）Whatdidhewanttoseeyoufor？
CAPT。G。Regimentalshopasusual。
MRS。G。TheRegiment！AlwaystheRegiment。Onmyword，I
sometimesfeeljealousofMafflin。
CAPT。G。（Wearily。）PooroldJack？Idon\'tthinkyouneed。Isn\'tittimeforTheButchatohavehisnap？Bringachairouthere，dear。
I\'vegotsomethingtotalkoverwithyou。
ANDTHISISTHEENDOFTHESTORYOFTHEGADSBYS
