a musical comedy in which the comedian, reminded by the soubrette that they were engaged to be married, had said, 'I forgot to tell you about that, it's off'
He recalled a musical comedy in which the comedian, reminded by the soubrette that they were engaged to be married, had said, 'I forgot to tell you about that, it's off', and he was thinking wistfully that they managed these things better in musical comedy, [...].
The Girl in Blue. Chapter 6.I