Page:Love among the chickens (1909).djvu/371

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EPILOGUE


The Bride (to herself, rapturously). A-a-a-h!
The Bridegroom (dabbing at his forehead with his handkerchief during a lull). I shall drop.
The Best Man (appearing suddenly at his side with a glass). Bellows to mend, old horse, what? Keep going. You're doing fine. Bless you. Bless you.

[Drifts away.

Elderly Stranger (to bridegroom). Sir, I have jigged your wife on my knee.
The Bridegroom (with absent politeness). Ah! Lately?
Elderly Stranger. When she was a baby, sir.
The Bridegroom (from force of habit). Oh, thanks. Thanks awf'lly.
The Bride (to herself). Why can't one get married every day!…(catching sight of a young gentleman whose bi-weekly conversation with her in the past was wont

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