TYLTYL
(Waking with a start.) Who's there? (Another knock.) Wait till I put on my breeches. The door's bolted. I'll come and open it.
THE FAIRY
(Behind the door.) Don't trouble, don't trouble!... It's only me!... How do you do? (The door has opened of its own accord and THE FAIRY BÉRYLUNE enters under the guise of an old woman, as in the first scene of the Blue Bird. At the same time the room is filled with a strange brightness, which remains after the door is closed again.)
TYLTYL
(In surprise.) Who are you?
THE FAIRY
Don't you know me? Why, Tyltyl, it's hardly seven years since we said good-bye to each other!
TYLTYL
(Bewildered and vainly searching his memory.) Yes, yes, I remember ... and I know what you mean....