GRANNY TYL
Hold your tongue; no one's asking your advice: you know you've no say in the matter. We're still too young; we've hardly begun to get cold and haven't had time yet to pick up things.... It takes so long; there's so much to learn!... But the others, especially the oldest, who now are the youngest: it's they who know everything....
TYLTYL
What? The oldest are the youngest in this country?...
GRANNY TYL
Yes, it seems one gets younger as one grows older.... I'm beginning to notice it myself.
TYLTYL
That's odd.... But where on earth are they?... I see nobody....
GAFFER TYL
They'll come very soon.... I wonder they're not here yet.