[Blowing bubbles.] A storm
Passes across my bubble!
Santa Claus.
What of that?
Your rainbow, Rose, will overcome the storm!
Peter Schlemihl.
[Mournfully, blowing bubbles.] All bright ... all rainbow-bright my bubbles! Not
The ghostly semblance of a shadow there!
Oh, Santa Claus, is there no place to buy
A shadow misfit, second-hand? Or just