(_Enter L. KING, ROOSTER, GENERAL BOUNCE, CAPT. POUNCE, COQUETTINA._) G. KING. Mind your own business, Miss, leave mine alone. I have a charm will turn you all to stone. (_Makes passes in the air. Enter L. FAIRY._) FAIRY. If you’re not good you’ll get another sprinkle. G. KING. I’d rather be a lobster or a winkle. MONA. Then here’s your key. Remember, don’t be cruel. NOO. And feed your army. Give your giants gruel. MONA. We’re going down. D’ye feel the motion? DOO. Well! It’s easy as a lift in some hotel. (_All give a slight jump as though the bottom had been reached._) MONA. We’re there at last. Now let the water in. Don’t be afraid, you will not wet your skin. (_Scene at back and sides gradually opens to soft music, and shows the_) MERMAID’S HAUNT. (_CORALINA descends in a coral car at back. Mermaids R. and L._) COQUETTINA. This is my home. Good-bye, dear friends, to-night, And don’t forget your little Mermaid quite. FAIRY OF THE FOREST. The bottom of the sea! It’s like a dream. COQ. You’ve no society down here. MONA. The very cream. COQ. Perhaps it’s iced. I’m sure its very chilly. GEN. BOUNCE. It’s all _cold cream_, of course, you little silly! MONA. I hope you’re all content. NOODLE. Well, I don’t know. Poor Coquettina here— DOODLE. Pray, where’s her beau? (_Coquettina, turns to CAPTAIN POUNCE._) CAPTAIN P. Ah! Weally sowwy! Can’t be done I fear, When my superior officer is here. (_She turns to GENERAL BOUNCE._) GEN. B. Well! Hem! The situation’s most unpleasant, But as for matrimony!—not at present. Our friend here will oblige. Come, Rooster, say! (_She turns to ROOSTER._) ROOSTER. Too busy, now. Pray call another day. COQ. Oh! very well! I’m sure that I don’t care. I’ll join the “Ladies Club.” They’ve no men there! G. KING. A gnome’s _un homme_ for all that. Here’s my _key_. _C. flat’s_ found often down below the _C_. One thing I know, if once I get above, No man shall say the Gnome is crossed in love. GEN. B. A soldier’s duty lies in drill and glory, But as for love, well, that’s another story. CAPT. P. Well, weally! Take things easy is my motto: But fancy catching shwimps here in a gwotto! (_Pretends to catch Shrimp swimming past._) DOODLE. (_Putting his am round Mona’s waist._) Though strange, a mermaid’s heart I hold in hand! My geese are changed to sailors; there they stand. We’ve found the diamond mine— NOO. And filled each sack. DOO. And as for uncle (_Turning up Coat cuffs._)