They come! [All have risen from the hearthrug where they have been sitting, to listen.]

The Lobs.

[Explaining.] ’Tis but the children of the house

At play!

The Children.

[Puzzled.] But we the children of the house

Are surely!

The Lobs.

[Explaining.] Daytime calls you so! But night

The gate sets wide for Children of the Past,