TYLTYL Hullo!... How does he know my name?...
THE CHILD (who has just run up and who now kisses TYLTYL and MYTYL effusively.) How are you?... All right?... Come, give me a kiss, and you too, Mytyl. It's not surprising that I should know your name, seeing that I shall be your brother.... They have only just told me that you were here.... I was right at the other end of the hall, packing up my ideas.... Tell mummy that I am ready....
TYLTYL What?... Are you coming to us?...
THE CHILD Certainly, next year, on Palm Sunday.... Don't tease me too much when I am little.... I am very glad to have kissed you both beforehand.... Tell daddy to mend the cradle.... Is it comfortable in our home?...
TYLTYL Not bad.... And mummy is so kind!...
THE CHILD And the food?...
TYLTYL That depends.... We even have cakes sometimes, don't we, Mytyl?...
MYTYL On New Year's Day and the fourteenth of July.... Mummy makes them....
TYLTYL What have you got in that bag?... Are you bringing us something?...
THE CHILD I am bringing three illnesses: scarlatina, whooping-cough and measles....