I say, what rot!

[Exeunt, depressed.

Nightingale.

[Jubilantly from tree.] Wine! Wine! Red wine!

Rose.

[From neighbouring bush, much shocked.] My dear, you don’t know how your passion for alcohol shocks me.

Nightingale.

Oh yes I do. But every morning brings a thousand roses. After all, you’re cheap. Jamshyd and I like our liquor, and plenty of it.

Rose.