]
Of course. Everybody knows it. Every village this side the river knew we
were to be married this summer. We've dreamed and worked for nothing
else all these months. It had nothing to do with the war--our love, our
marriage. So, you see, I am no war bride. [_Walks scornfully away._] Not
like you, anyway.
[_They all stare at her._]
_Hoffman:_ [_Stepping forward indignantly._]
I don't know why you should have this contempt for our war brides, and
speak like that.
_Hedwig:_ [_Sits down, half turned away. She shrugs her shoulders, and
her lips curl in a little smile._]
_Hoffman:_
They are coming to the rescue of their country. Saving it; else it will
perish.
_Hedwig:_ [_Bitterly._]
Ha!
_Hoffman:_ [_Waxing warmer._]
They are the saviors of the future.
_Hedwig:_ [_Sadly._]
The future!
_Mother:_ [_Softly, laying her hand on Hedwig's shoulder._]
Hedwig, be more respectful. Herr Hoffman is a lieutenant.
_Hoffman:_
When we are gone,--the best of us,--what will the country do if it has
no children?
_Hedwig:_
Why didn't you think of that before--before you started this wicked war?
_Hoffman:_
I tell you it is a glory to be a war bride. There!
_Hedwig:_ [_With a shrug._]
A breeding-machine! [_They all draw back._] Why not call it what it is?
Speak the naked truth for once.
_Hoffman:_
You'll take that back to-morrow, when your sister stands up in the
church with me.
_Hedwig:_ [_Starting up._]
Amelia? Marry you? No! Amelia, is this true?
_Amelia:_ [_Hesitating, troubled, and uncertain._]
They tell me I must--for the fatherland.
_Hedwig:_
Marry this man, whom you scarcely know, whom surely you cannot love!
Why, you make a mock of marriage! It isn't that they have tempted you
with the widow's pension? It is so tiny; it's next to nothing. Surely
you wouldn't yield to that?
_Amelia:_ [_Frightened._]
I did want to go as a nurse, but the priests and the generals--they say
we must marry--to--
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