TOBY-DOG (indicating the figure on the couch)
And doubtless waken Her?
KIKI-THE-DEMURE, (stubbornly)
I'll sing in a very small voice.
TOBY-DOG
And you'll scratch with your tiniest claws, I suppose? Stay here quietly, He commanded it when He went away.
KIKI-THE-DEMURE, (loftily)
Does He command me? He beseeches me, and that's my only reason for obeying him.
(He sits down again, apparently resigned, and yawns slowly.)