(At close of chorus after Plunket's song, horns are heard outside,—the opening strains of the next number. When it stops, at end of second brace, he speaks.)
Plun. Aha! the hunt is up. They told me the Queen would hunt today.
One of Men. Yes, with all her ladies. No doubt the men-folk will follow, too!
Plun. Start along, you, then. I'll go in and pay the score.
(Men leave stage, Plunket enters the inn.)
(As music begins again the court ladies run on in hunting costume. They wear short walking skirts, caps and high boots, perhaps, and all carry long spears. Nancy is with them. She carries a whip instead of a spear, and wears a long riding habit draped up over high boots.)
[No. 14.]
Chorus. All we ladies of the court
Are lovers of sport of every sort;
Every hunting cry we know,
As hark tally ho, view tally ho!
We can handle dart and bow,
O yes, we can dart after a beau;
We can shoot and ride and row,
Can play at ball, dance at them all;
With rings and things we prancing go,
Ho ho! and tally ho! we know,
And how to catch a beau!
(Girls stroll about stage and sit at table. Nancy comes forward alone.)