[Beckons to her.
Mee. [Turning with a curtsey.] Ah!—say?
Tee. Come and sing to us!
Lil. Bring us some tea!
Mee. Plesently: my merciful and mighty Mistless, hon’ble Mrs. Back-of-de-House, not gone out yet!
Students. [Aghast]. Oh!
[Exit Mee-Mee.
Pee. [Who has not spoken before.] H’m! You all thought she’d gone; I didn’t. Tikipu, you had better submissively behave yourself. Bring me that shoe!
[Tikipu brings it. Pee-Ah-Bee hits him with it and puts it on. Hiti-Titi while roaming round the room picks up a sign-board with a hole in it, and considers it for a while with his back to the others.
Hiti. Hanky ... Hanky-panky.... Does the honourable Mr. Han-Kin not hear?