In the Stables.
Miss Simplicia Simpson (looking at the native saddles on brackets). I suppose those are what they put on the ostriches!
Her Companion. They don't ride ostriches.
Miss Simpson (in a tone of pity and reproof). That only shows you've never read your Swiss Family Robinson!
A Gobe-mouche. Well, I never see a white lamb with a black 'ed before; that is a curiosity, ain't it'?
His Phlegmatic Friend. Not arf such a curiosity as if it 'ad 'ad a black 'ed be'ind.
A Censorious Lady (before a row of baby elephants). Oh, aren't they horrid! Look at their horrid little eyes. (As one of them protrudes a predatory trunk.) Oh, get away, do! They are the most hideous creatures I've ever seen! Look at that one, all wrinkled and baggy like an old man. See, it's wagging its head about like a Chinese doll! I do think they're quite loathsome, don't you?
Her Companion (a more Tolerant Person). I daresay they would'nt look so bad if they were varnished up a bit.