The Happy Time1952

Robert 'Bibi' Bonnard:
Look, maman, what Uncle Desmond sent. A photograph of himself and two nice ladies.

Susan Bonnard:
Nice ladies! Jacques, will you look at this? Bibi, go up and wash your hands.

Robert 'Bibi' Bonnard:
They're not dirty!

Susan Bonnard:
At once. [Bibi leaves] Well? You know what's on my mind. Show it to Grandpa.

Grandpere Bonnard:
[glancing briefly, then, dismissively] Too skinny.

Susan Bonnard:
What do you suppose Bibi thinks of a thing like this?

Jacques Bonnard:
Thinks? He thinks nothing. He's only happy that Desmond remembered his birthday.

Susan Bonnard:
But these women! Who ARE they? WHAT are they? You know Bibi imitates all of you. He's even picked up Desmond's trick with the medals.

Grandpere Bonnard:
With the same results.

Susan Bonnard:
Be still. Jacques, he'll realize what this is all about someday.

Jacques Bonnard:
Eh! When he's old enough to realize, he'll be old enough to understand.

Susan Bonnard:
That Desmond-he's becoming the most roving eye in Ottawa. With everything else, does he have to be a traveling salesman? I shudder to think what is happening to women all over Canada.

Grandpere Bonnard:
We have had no reports from the outlying provinces.

Jacques Bonnard:
Don't worry about Desmond. One of these days he will change and settle down.

Susan Bonnard:
That's a transformation devoutly to be wished.

Grandpere Bonnard:
You quote?

Susan Bonnard:
Shakespeare.

Grandpere Bonnard:
Ah! There was an Englishman with glands!