The Guinea-hen
[Intoxicated.] Putrescent!
The Peacock
Unwholesome, morbid grace!
The Guinea-hen
[To the Cochin Cock.] Charmed! Charmed!—Do notice his obscene eye!
The Magpie
[Announcing wildly, infected with the general delirium.] Chili Cock, curled hindside fore! Antwerp Cock, curled inside out!
All the Hens
[Fighting for the newcomers.] Oh, putrescent!—Oh, hindside fore!
The Guinea-hen
Inside out!
The Magpie
Shankless Jumping-cock!
A Hen
[Fainting with emotion.] I suppose he jumps with his stomach!
The Guinea-hen
An India-rubber Cock!
The Pheasant-hen
[To Patou, who from his wheelbarrow is looking off into the distance.] And Chantecler?