Betty. Yes, aunt.
Enter Mandy excitedly, holding up the beads. She still clasps the teapot.
Mandy. Here’s de gol’ beads, missy. Mandy found dem hangin’ on de rose-bush.
(She gives the beads to Miss B.)
Miss B. Good Mandy. You shall be rewarded. Here, Betty, take your beads. I give William permission to put them about your neck with my blessing.
Betty (joyfully). Oh, thank you, aunt.
(She gives the beads to Will.)
Will. I am deeply grateful, Aunt Lavinia.
(He clasps the beads about Betty’s neck and kisses her. The Judge and Miss B. stand hand-in-hand beaming at them. Mandy gazes joyfully also, still clasping the teapot. She turns suddenly to the cupboard which Miss B. had left open, and seizes the tea-caddy. With this in one hand and the pot in the other, she cries.)
Mandy. Glory! Glory! Dey has love and I has tea!