Billy gets what she’s saying and agrees that she’s right, but at the end of the day, a doll is nothing like a toy soldier! For one, he’s never made a new dress out of old rags for any of his toy soldiers, nor has he fashioned any of them a pretty apron from a tatty old lace doily. Between them, Billy and Alice create a variety of outfits for Vivien and Deanna and spend more time than he’d like dressing them… but if Alice wants to play dolls then Billy will play dolls with her. It’s not as if he has a box full of toy soldiers and a toy fort to play with instead.
The Petticoat & the Evacuee Scene 102
