Mrs. Pampinelli. [Turning to Mrs. Fell] See what they’re doing out there, Nelly!
Spindler. [To the stage manager] Or a fountain-pen!
Teddy. [To the stage manager] They need it on the stage!
Mrs. Fell and Stage Manager, together.
Mrs. Fell. [Turning and rushing back towards the right door] Certainly, darling!
Stage Manager. [Feeling in his shirt-pockets] Well, now, wait a minute, wait a minute!
Mrs. Fell. [Turning with a despairing gesture, after having opened the right door and looked in] My dear, they’re not doing a thing, they’re just sitting there!
Mrs. Pampinelli. [Turning to the left] Hurry, boys! [Turning to the right] Tell them to say something, Nelly! Anything at all! Something about the weather! [Nelly runs to the extreme right end of the flat. Teddy and Spindler come rushing forward at the left.] Did you get it, Teddy?
Teddy and Spindler, together.
Teddy. Yes!
Spindler. Yes, he’s got it!
Mrs. Pampinelli. [Indicating the left door] Go on here, Teddy! [He grabs the knob of the door, but it won’t open.]
Mrs. Fell. [Calling through the flats] Say something, Paula!
Mrs. Pampinelli. You should never leave the stage during a scene, Teddy!