Yes, yes, Madame Berlingot, they're the sort that keep on shooting up till you don't know where you are. Tyltyl hasn't grown as much as his sister; but he's stronger. There's not a sturdier lad in all the country-side.... But it's your young lady who's beautiful!... She looks the very picture of the blessed saints!... (_Observing_ TYLTYL, _who stands wide-eyed and entranced_.) Now then, Tyltyl, where are your manners? Don't you, know your little playmate? Be civil, say how-do-you-do, shake hands and give her a chair. DADDY TYL Before you sit down, would you like to see the cows? THE NEIGHBOUR What, do you keep cows now? DADDY TYL Why, yes; we've not done so badly either.... Two little cows and a calf.... Little cows are better than big ones; and they only eat half as much.... One of them, the red one, gives us twenty quarts of milk every day. THE NEIGHBOUR Then you've put up a cow-house? You hadn't one before. DADDY TYL Yes, I ran it up myself, with Tyltyl to help.... (_Leading her towards the door on the left_.) It's this way: we made a good job of it and it's quite worth seeing. THE NEIGHBOUR Dear me, yes; I'd like to see it at once. (_They all go out, except_ TYLTYL _and_ JOY, _who remain standing face to face. As soon as they are gone_, TYLTYL _goes up to_ JOY _and takes her hand_.) TYLTYL Is it ... really you? JOY Yes, it's I. TYLTYL I knew you at once. JOY And I you. TYLTYL You are even more beautiful than up there. JOY You too. TYLTYL I say, it's funny that I couldn't remember.... JOY I hadn't forgotten. TYLTYL Oh, how lovely you are!... Let me kiss you. JOY You may if you like. (_They kiss each other awkwardly, but affectionately_.) TYLTYL They haven't a suspicion. JOY You think that? TYLTYL I'm sure of it. They don't know what we know. But the little ones knew. JOY What little ones? TYLTYL The little ones up there.... They were very clever. They knew you at once.... Were you so very unhappy? JOY Why? TYLTYL Because I couldn't remember. JOY It wasn't your fault. TYLTYL I know, but I hated it.... And you were so pale, so dreadfully pale; and you never spoke.... How long had you loved me? JOY Ever since I first saw you, when you gave me the Blue Bird. TYLTYL So have I, so have I, but I had forgotten.... Never mind: we're going to be tremendously happy, for they've settled it, you see; they want it. JOY Do you think they've done it on purpose? TYLTYL I'm quite sure; there isn't a doubt.... Everybody wanted it, but especially the little ones, all six of them. JOY Oh! TYLTYL Yes!... We're going to have six!... I say, do you believe it? JOY Six what? TYLTYL Why, six children, of course! JOY Oh, Tyltyl! TYLTYL I know it's a great many; but we'll manage somehow. There's nothing to be afraid of.... What a dream, eh? JOY Yes. TYLTYL The loveliest I ever had; and you? JOY Yes. TYLTYL