Tee. To-day, if we could catch him. He always keeps an honourable alibi when Mrs. Back-of-the-House is out.
Lil. [To Tee-Pee.] Oh, I wish you wouldn’t go putting your blue brush into my red, you purple idiot!
Tee. [To Tikipu, pushing him.] There, clumsy, clumsy!
[Tikipu stumbles.
New. Don’t spread yourself over me, you larded swine!
Nau. Get out, Goose-fat!
| Students. | Mangle him! |
| Crimp him! | |
| Dibble his ribs! |
Han. Oh! empty him away somewhere! Empty him away!
[They all beat and pelt Tikipu back to his corner with pellets of bread, balls of paper, mahl-sticks, etc. Pee-Ah-Bee throws a shoe at him. Tikipu returns to his grinding with meek, dogged indifference. Enter behind, meanwhile, Mee-Mee carrying a water lily on a stand, which with obeisance she sets on the dais in front of Yunglangtsi. She is retiring again when one of the students catches sight of her.
Tee. Oh, Mee-Mee!