第7章

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