THE OFFICER. Don't go away now, for I have sent word to the locksmith, so you will soon see what is behind that door.
THE BALLET GIRL. Oh, it will be awfully interesting to see that door opened. That door, there, and the Growing Castle—have you heard of the Growing Castle?
THE OFFICER. Have I?—I have been a prisoner in it.
THE BALLET GIRL. No, was that you? But why do they keep such a lot of horses there?
THE OFFICER. Because it is a stable castle, don't you know.
THE BALLET GIRL. [With confusion] How stupid of me not to guess that!
A MALE CHORUS SINGER enters from the right.
THE OFFICER. Has Miss Victoria gone yet?
THE CHORUS SINGER. [Earnestly] No, she has not. She never goes away.
THE OFFICER. That is because she loves me—See here, don't go before the locksmith comes to open the door here.