Anna. Let’s be a May-day wax-work, singing and dancing round a May-pole.
George. I’ll be the pole.
Caroline. But you’re not long enough.
George (mounting a chair). Now I am!
Girls (laughing and clapping). Oh, yes; oh, yes! He’ll do! Trim him up; trim him up!
Ned (to George). Yes. Come down and be trimmed up.
(George steps down, stands erect, arms close to his body. Girls hand garlands. Ned winds them around George.)
Kate. Shall we hoist the flag?
Ned. Oh, yes! bring the flag. And here’s a string (taking ball of string out of pocket) to fasten it on with. (Ned fastens the flag-stick to George’s head by winding the string around, then helps him mount the chair.) Three cheers for the flag! Now,—One, two, three! (All cheer and clap.)
(Enter Polly with an old hat and a poker.)