[looking at clock] I know. You all go in the kitchen an’ stay while I hide Christmas nuts and candies around the room. When I clap my hands three times you are to come in and see how many you can find.
Rosie:
Oh, goody! I knew you’d do something nice if I parted your hair in the middle.
Katie:
That will be lots of fun. Come on. [They all start.]
Jones:
Now, don’t you come in till I clap my hands, an’ if you dare to peek you can’t hunt any nuts an’ candy. Off with you. [Mulligan, Mrs. M. and the girls exeunt.] Now, where is that stuff? [Stands thinking, looking off at side. Miss Hagen, in nurse’s costume, appears cautiously at side and peeps in. Jones puts finger on lips for silence and goes over. They whisper, then both go off.]
Enter Jones and Miss Hagen, helping Dannie between them
[Jones moves easy chair silently to middle of room and they seat Dannie in it and take off his coat and cap. Nurse fixes his hair and tie, then she stands at one side of room, Jones at the other and claps his hands loudly, three times.]
Enter Rosie, running in quickly