Poor little Destiny!... He has no luck!... But we will see to him later.... What we have to do now, my children, is to bid one another good-bye ... and for the last time.... TYLTYL For the last time!... LIGHT Why, yes; we can't spend our whole life travelling! Besides, you are near your homes, since you all of you dwell round the forest. We have learned what we sought and we know what we wanted to know, that man is granted only one love, while the others are merely unfortunate errors that bring sorrow to innumerable lives.... You were all of you about to choose wrongly; and you may rejoice, therefore, even now, when we have to part, that the mistake was discovered before it was too late.... And, more than this, the Fairy has charged me with glad tidings for you all: the one love you have each of you sought is waiting for you by your own fire-side, in your own home, or at least will be there very soon.... So do not linger, but hasten to meet it.... The hour grows late; soon the cocks will be crowing; the birds are beginning to wake. Let us bid one another good-bye, quickly, without regret, without sad thoughts or tears.... MILETTE (_Handing_ DESTINY _to_ AIMETTE.) Just take him for a minute, while I kiss TYLTYL.... (_Kissing_ TYLTYL.) Good-bye, Tyltyl dear. I must go first. Dad gets up early and there would be awful trouble if he didn't find me in the house. Good-bye. Let me kiss you again.... Be nice to me when we meet: we're neighbours and shall have to spend all our lives in this forest. TYLTYL (_Kissing her affectionately_.) Be nice to you, Milette? Of course I will! It's not your fault or mine: we both know that. MILETTE Good-bye, good-bye!... I must fly!... (_She runs out_.) AIMETTE (_Handing_ DESTINY _to_ JALLINE.) Take hold of the little man for a second, will you? (_Kissing_ TYLTYL.) Good-bye, Tyltyl.... Don't let us forget each other.... I shall perhaps love somebody else; but I shall never love him as I loved you. LIGHT Come, come, you are wasting time.... We shall never have done if we go on like this.... If the cock crows before you return, your parents will know everything; and then they'll be angry.... Just give him a sisterly kiss: that's all that's necessary.... You're not going far; and you'll meet again many a time, in real life, and will like each other the better because of your truer knowledge.... (ROSARELLE _and_ BELLINE _kiss_ TYLTYL _without speaking and go out_. ROSELLE _blows her nose vigorously, dabs at her eyes and stammers_, "My dear Tyltyl! my dear Tyltyl!... He was so nice!... I shall see you again, sha'n't I, I shall see you again?... You shall have the best of everything at the inn!" _Then she rushes out_. JALLINE _alone lingers behind, holding_ DESTINY _in her arms_.) LIGHT Well, Jalline, what are you doing here? JALLINE I can't go away at once, just like the others!... LIGHT