No, he isn't. Grandfather said nobody who ran away from home was any good! MARY Why did you run away from home? JONATHAN I mustn't tell. MARY Oh, you won't tell anything! JOHN III (_pointing to Hank_) What did you say _he_ was, Ma'mselle? MLLE. PERRAULT He is a vagrant-- MARY AND JOHN III What's a vagrant? MARY Ooh-- [_Puts up her hand to make a wish._ JOHN III Aw, I'm not going to make a wish. Grandfather'll get it for me anyway if I want it. MARY Now, John Clay III-- [_Jonathan looks up quickly._ You always spoil things. JONATHAN Is that Mary Clay and John Clay? MLLE. PERRAULT Yes. JONATHAN They don't remember Jonathan, do they? MLLE. PERRAULT You mean Jonathan who ran away? JONATHAN Yes, ma'am. MARY Who's Jonathan? JOHN III He's David's friend. I know that. And he was very good. MLLE. PERRAULT What do you know about Jonathan? JONATHAN I knew him once-- MLLE. PERRAULT He was a splendid little man! He could make such lovely songs. JONATHAN Do you remember the one he and Susan Sample made up? MLLE. PERRAULT Let's see--how did it go? [_Hums a little--tries several folk tunes. The children edge up to Jonathan during this and manage to touch his back several times, each keeping count. Jonathan smiles at them, thinking it's attention._ JONATHAN No, it went this way. [_He sings a little of the song and Mlle. Perrault joins him. As he stops singing she switches the time to waltz time and begins to sway to it. The music is taken up as by a dream-orchestra and Mlle. Perrault dances a very lovely little waltz._ JOHN III Oh, look at your shadow! [_Mlle. Perrault turns and sees her shadow on the wall._ I can make a bigger one than that. MARY Oh, come on, ma'mselle, let's all make shadows. [_The three of them stand in front of the wall._ JOHN III Boy, you come, too. MLLE. PERRAULT Come, boy. [_Jonathan joins them standing so that his deformity doesn't show in the shadow._ Now, let's dance--Give me your hand--so. [_The four dance, while Mlle. Perrault hums "All on a Summer's Day." They are having a very good time when Susan and Albert enter._ _Jonathan is a little conscious of Susan and Albert, and he manages to make several awkward moves._ MLLE. PERRAULT Now, let's make everybody's shadow dance by itself. MARY Oh, come on. JOHN III You first, Mlle. MARY It's your turn, Mlle. [_Mlle. Perrault stands before the wall and makes a very lovely shadow._ John, you do it now. JOHN III I won't. I'm going to be next to last.... He's going to be last. [_Mary makes a pretty "statue."_ MARY Now, John-- [_John III, holding a staff, stands bow-legged and pigeon-toed._ _All of them laugh._ MLLE. PERRAULT (_to John III_) You little Jackanapes! You! JOHN III (_to Jonathan_) You can't do that. [_Jonathan, still conscious of Susan, but more in the spirit of the game nevertheless, laughs almost gleefully._ JONATHAN You just wait.