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Arnold：Don't tell me. Please don't tellme. I recognize1 you ...

Peggy：Oh, don't be silly, Arnie. Of course you recognize him. Except for the beard3, he hasn't changed in fifty years. It's Malcolm Stewart!

Arnold：I know it's Malcolm Stewart. You haven't changed much in fifty years.

Grandpa：Peggy ---- Peggy Pendleton! You're Peggy Pendleton!

Arnold：Who am I, You old rascal4 ? You don't recognize me, do you?

Grandpa：I know who you are. You're Arnold Franklin! Iknow who you are!

Peggy：You look wonderful, Malcolm!

Grandpa：[ He walks with them to an outdoor table.]Sitdown. Sit down. Pete isn't home.

Arnold：Really?

Grandpa：No. He left a note on the door saying he wasgoing to the railroad station to pick up a surprise.

Peggy：He's so funny5. Always full of surprises, evenfifty years later.

Grandpa：The two of you look unbelievable!

Arnold：How's your family? Oh, I was sorry to hearabout your wife having passed away6.

Grandpa：Yes. About four years ago.

Peggy：And you're living with your children now? InNew York? Pete wrote us and told us.

Grandpa：Yup7. Retired and moved to New York to livewith my son and his family.

Peggy：By the way, what do you think this big surpriseis?

Arnold：It could be most anything, knowing Pete.8[ Another car arrives . ]

Grandpa：Hey, that must be Pete! Now we'll find outabout the surprise.

[ They go to meet the car.]

Pete：So good to see you all!

Peggy：Oh, Pete, Pete! Oh, it's so good to see you![They all greet one another . ]

Pete：Remember Lillian?

Lillian：I remember all of you. you haven't changed abit.

Peggy：Lillian! Oh, my gosh!9

Arnold：Lillian Winters. We were together in theThursday night drama10 society11.

Lillian：Remember me, Malcolm?

Grandpa：Oh, beautiful as ever, Lillian. How's Donald?[He suddenly realizes that he has said the wrong thing.]

Lillian：That's OK, Malcolm. Donald passed away acouple of years ago.

Arnold：Sorry to hear that, Lillian.

Peggy：Oh, I'm so sorry.

Arnold：I would not have missed this get----togetherfor the world! 12

Grandpa：And your little surprise, Pete? You really surprised me by having us all come together.

Pete：You don't know what the surprise is yet? Comeon! We'll tell you the big surprise.

[They walk back to the table with Pete. Pete pours13 icedtea for them . ]

Pete：I've invited you here for the weekend to help celebrate14

Peggy：Celebrate?

Grandpa：Our fiftieth reunion?

Arnold：No.

Lillian：No. Pete wants to tell you ...

Pete：Now, let me have the honor15, Lillian.

Grandpa：For goodness' sake, 16 Pete, tell us! I can't wait much longer.

Pete：Well, I am pouring this iced tea so that we can toast17 Lillian ---- and me.

Peggy：You don't mean to tell me that you and ...

Pete：Yes, I do. I have loved Lillian all these years,so I asked her to be Mrs. Pete Waters.

Lillian：And I said yes.

Grandpa：I knew it! I knew it! Congratulations !

Peggy：Oh, Lillian, I am so happy for you both.

Arnold：It's wonderful!

Pete：It's wonderful for me. Lillian will make me ahappy man----finally.

Grandpa：You are full of surprises, Pete.

Pete：We are going to spend the entire weekend having a good time together here on the farm. We are going to celebrate all weekend.

Peggy：When is the wedding18?

Pete：That's another surprise. Lillian and I were married two weeks ago in Detroit19. She's come here to stay.

Grandpa：Wait till I tell my family about this!

Peggy：[ to Lillian ] Why, that's wonderful!