All.—Poor Miss Dobson's mother!
D.—Come, let us see what else she says.
All.—(Reading.) "I shall not be back until the evening."
F.—She won't be back until the evening!
E.—We shall have a holiday then! (All dancing round.) A holiday! A holiday!
D.—Here's the other piece of the letter which we haven't read.
(They pick it up and read it.)
D.—(Reading.) "I hope you will be good children, and work by yourselves."
All.—Work by ourselves!
D.—(Reading.) "You can prepare your German, history, and geography, and do some drawing and practising."