So I did, I believe; I forgot.... But what do they want with me? They are pushing up against me and snapping at my feet.
LIGHT
They won't hurt you; they are merely your own thoughts, which you sometimes secretly think; now you have set them free and they are showing themselves for an instant as they are.
TYLTYL
What!... Are my thoughts as ugly as that?... I should never have believed it!...
LIGHT
Don't take it so much to heart!... They are not as ugly as some, because you are still innocent and very young.... If you were to see those of other men!... Besides, you have beautiful ones; but they are more reluctant to show themselves.... However, I see the girls coming.... Turn the sapphire from right to left, so that we may get rid of these monsters, whom they must not see....
(He does so; and the creatures go back into the ground. Enter THE SIX GIRLS, preceded by DESTINY and followed, at a distance, by THE WHITE PHANTOM, who keeps on one side. They surround TYLTYL, overwhelming him with caresses and all speaking at the same time.)
THE GIRLS
Good-evening, Tyltyl!... We've found you again!... We were so anxious about you!... We couldn't keep up with you.... Aren't you tired?... May we kiss you?... Destiny held us back.... I wanted to run.... He stood in the way.... Aren't you too hot?... Mind you don't catch cold.... Kiss me too!... And me too!... And me too!...