First Fairy. Could we get somebody to give these little girls a home and put their mother in a hospital, how nice it would be!
Second Fairy. Nice indeed.
First Fairy. I will summon the elfin messenger, and see what can be done.
Second Fairy. Count on my assistance.
[Fairies arise, make motions with their hands, and repeat,]
Hither hasten, lovely boy,
Whom we fairy-folk employ;
Here are errands to be done,
Finished ere to-morrow's sun.
Enter Elgin, the messenger, a boy of six to eight years.
Elgin (bowing).
Fairies dear, I heard your call;
Elgin is my name.
First Fairy. Come hither, good Elgin. Wilt run errands in the air for us to-night?