The Peacock
A Tartar!
All the Hens
[Smitten with amazement at sight of the black giant.] A Tartar!
The Magpie
Gold-penciled Hamburg Cock!
All the Hens
[At sight of the gold-laced Cock in the cocked hat.] Gold-penciled Hamburg!
The Guinea-hen
My kitchen-garden party will be famous! [To the Hamburg Cock, whose breast is striped with black and yellow.] Oh, what a wonderful waistcoat! May I ask what it is made of?
The Blackbird
Of zebra!
The Guinea-hen
Zebra, you don’t say so! It will be the pride of my life, of my whole—
The Magpie
Cock—
The Guinea-hen
[Jumping.] No, I can’t believe it!
The Magpie
—of Burma!