(They are sitting on the steps of the large piazza of a beautiful country house, the two little girls affectionately close, the boy at an awkward distance. There has been a pause in the conversation, which the boy breaks.)
BOB.
We've got a new baby at our house!
(Splendid effect!)
ELSIE, TERESA.
(Together.) Oh!
(Their eyes are suddenly bright and their faces glow with a sort of awed curiosity and pleasure, not unmixed with envy.)
ELSIE.
What kind?
TERESA.