VERONIKA
And are they safe?
PIPER
Yes.
VERONIKA
And you hide them?
PIPER
Yes.
VERONIKA
And are they . . . warm?
PIPER
—Yes.
VERONIKA
Are they happy?—Oh,
That cannot be!—But do they laugh, sometimes?
PIPER
Yes.
VERONIKA
—Then you'll give them back again!
PIPER
No, never.