HE, (throwing down his paper)

The poor beast is hungry.

SHE, (now very wide awake)

You think so? Well, I am too. But Toby is to eat very little.

HE, (anxiously)

And Kiki-the-Demure?

SHE, (peremptorily)

Kiki sulks, and he hid this morning, so he'll have even less than Toby.

HE

He isn't making a sound. Aren't you afraid he's sick?