‘Come, Apollo’s pipes are merry—’
(Mrs. Clemm goes in)
Zu. (Rising) I don’ reckon it make no difference ’bout dis heah bush now! (Goes to side door and sits on step disconsolately. The girls come running back)
Mabel. Here ’s the finest cherry on the tree for the prettiest mouth! Open, who gets it! (Girls open their mouths. Mabel eats cherry)
Gertrude. O, vanity!
Mab. No, I just took it for Virginia.
Annie. Let ’s play Ant’ny Over while we’re waiting! Where ’s a ball? Bony, get a ball!
Bony. Can’t do it, missis! Y’ all los’ it las’ time yo’s all here!
Dora. Marlow Bright then! Half with me and half with Mabel! (Girls divide, the two companies taking opposite bases some distance apart)
Dora. Marlow, marlow, marlow bright!
How many miles to the old turnpike?