WATER Order! Silence!...
FIRE I shall keep silence when you cease babbling in the kettles, the wells, the brooks, the waterfalls and the taps....
LIGHT (threatening them with her wand) That will do, do you hear?... You are all very quarrelsome; It is the coming separation that sets your nerves on edge like this....
BREAD (with great dignity) That does not apply to me.... I was saying, you will no longer hear me speak, no longer see me in my living form.... Your eyes are about to close to the invisible life of the Things; but I shall always be there. In the bread-pan, on the shelf, on the table, beside the soup, I who am, if I may say so, with Water and Fire, the most faithful companion, the oldest friend of Man....
FIRE Well, and what about me?...
LIGHT Come, the minutes are passing, the hour is at hand which will send us back into silence.... Be quick and kiss the children....
FIRE (rushing forward) I first! I first!... (Violently kissing the CHILDREN.) Good-bye, Tyltyl and Mytyl!... Good-bye, my darlings.... Think of me if ever you want any one to set fire to anything....
MYTYL Oh! Oh!... He's burning me!...
TYLTYL Oh! Oh!... He's scorched my nose!...
LIGHT Come, Fire, moderate your transports.... Remember you're not in your chimney....