R.—Quite. You said the top drawer, didn't you?
M.—No. I said the bottom drawer.
R.—Oh, I thought you said the top drawer. (They look in. To Janet.) I wonder where it can be! (After a moment.) Mammy, I am so very sorry—we can't find it.
M.—(Gets up.) How very odd. I saw it there yesterday. Why, there it is just at the top, you little noodles!
R.—Oh, so it is, I hadn't seen it.
J.—Nor had I.
R.—Thank you so much, Mammy. (She goes back to her writing. To Janet.) Now, we must have our own cups and saucers out of the toy cupboard.
(They open the toy cupboard, and they both sit down on the ground. Janet takes out a trumpet and Ralph a drum. They blow the trumpet and beat the drum.)
M.—(Looking round.) My dear children, is that how you are laying the table?
R.—Oh, Mammy, I am so sorry! I forgot we were getting out our cups and saucers. (Ralph takes out cups and saucers and gives them to Janet.) Here they are, three cups and three saucers.