TYLTYL
(Kissing her affectionately.) Be nice to you, Milette? Of course I will! It's not your fault or mine: we both know that.
MILETTE
Good-bye, good-bye!... I must fly!...
(She runs out.)
AIMETTE
(Handing DESTINY to JALLINE.) Take hold of the little man for a second, will you? (Kissing TYLTYL.) Good-bye, Tyltyl.... Don't let us forget each other.... I shall perhaps love somebody else; but I shall never love him as I loved you.
LIGHT
Come, come, you are wasting time.... We shall never have done if we go on like this.... If the cock crows before you return, your parents will know everything; and then they'll be angry.... Just give him a sisterly kiss: that's all that's necessary.... You're not going far; and you'll meet again many a time, in real life, and will like each other the better because of your truer knowledge....
(ROSARELLE and BELLINE kiss TYLTYL without speaking and go out. ROSELLE blows her nose vigorously, dabs at her eyes and stammers, "My dear Tyltyl! my dear Tyltyl!... He was so nice!... I shall see you again, sha'n't I, I shall see you again?... You shall have the best of everything at the inn!" Then she rushes out. JALLINE alone lingers behind, holding DESTINY in her arms.)