(_Aside_) Nerves gone to fiddle-strings. What a day we're
having! (_Tenderly putting his hand on G's. shoulder_) My David, how
long have you known this Jonathan? Would I come up here to make a fool
of you-after all these years?
CAPT. G. (_Penitently_.) I know, I know, Jack--but I'm as upset as I
can be. Don't mind what I say. Just hear me run through the drill and
see if I've got it all right:---
'To have and to hold for better or worse, as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be, world without end, so help me God. Amen.'
CAPT. M. (_Suffocating with suppressed laughter_) Yes. That's about
the gist of it. I'll prompt if you get into a hat.
CAPT. G. (_Earnestly_) Yes, you'll stick by me, Jack, won't you? I'm
awf'ly happy, but I don't mind telling YOU that I'm in a blue funk!
CAPT. M. (_Gravely_) Are you? I should never have noticed it. You don't
LOOK like it.
CAPT. G. Don't I? That's all right. (_Spinning round_.) On my soul and
honour, Jack, She's the sweetest little angel that ever came down from
the sky. There isn't a woman on earth fit to speak to Her.
CAPT. M. (_Aside_.
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