TYLTYL But, mummy, I don't know where it is....
MUMMY TYL Just walk in front of me, so that I may see if you can walk straight.... (TYLTYL does so) No, it's not that.... Dear heaven, what is the matter with them?... I shall lose them too, as I lost the others!... (Suddenly mad with alarm, she calls out) Daddy Tyl!... Come, quick! The children are ill!...
(Enter DADDY TYL, very calmly, with an axe in his hand.)
DADDY TYL What is it?...
TYLTYL and MYTYL (running up gaily to kiss their father) Hullo, daddy!... It's daddy!... Good-morning, daddy!... Have you had plenty of work this year?...
DADDY TYL Well, what's the matter?... They don't look ill; they look very well....
MUMMY TYL (weeping) You can't trust their looks.... It will be as with the others.... They looked quite well also to the end; and then God took them.... I don't know what's the matter with them.... I put them to bed quite quietly last night; and this morning, when they woke up, everything was wrong.... They don't know what they're saying; they talk about a journey.... They have seen Light and grandad and granny, who are dead, but who are quite well....
TYLTYL But grandad still has his wooden leg....
MYTYL And granny her rheumatics....
MUMMY TYL Do you hear?... Run and fetch the doctor!...