Nurse. Well?
Muffet. You won't really go away, will you? You'll only pretend?
Nurse. Of course.
Muffet. And they won't be real savages?
Nurse. Certainly not.
Muffet. I always think it's so much nicer to pretend.
[Nurse goes off R. Muffet goes on eating her curds and whey. Spider comes in L. with coil of string. Spider, before seeing Muffet, looks up at bough.
Spider. No, this is the best place, I'm sure.
[Sees Muffet, who has nearly eaten her curds. She looks up and sees him, and cries out.
Muffet. Oh! Oh! Oh! Nurse! Nurse! Here's an enormous spider!