MOTHER HOLLUNDER

[Poses first MARIE, then WOLF.] Now, if you please.

YOUNG HOLLUNDER

[Who has crept under the black cloth, calls in muffled tones.] That’s good—that’s very good!

MARIE

[Stonily rigid, but very happy, trying to speak without altering her expression.] Julie, dear, do we look all right?

JULIE

Yes, dear.

YOUNG HOLLUNDER