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GAFFER TYL (_sententiously_)
No, nothing changes here....
TYLTYL
And Pauline still has a pimple on her nose....
GRANNY TYL
Yes, it won't go away; there's nothing to be done for it....
TYLTYL
Oh, how well they look, how fat and glossy they are!... What jolly cheeks
they have!... They look well fed....
GRANNY TYL
They have been much better since they ceased living.... There's nothing
more to fear, nobody is ever ill, one has no anxiety....
(_The clock inside the cottage strikes eight_.)
GRANNY TYL (_amazed_)
What's that?...
GAFFER TYL
I don't know, I'm sure.... It must be the clock....
GRANNY TYL
It can't be.... It never strikes....
GAFFER TYL
Because we no longer think of the time.... Was any one thinking of the
time?...
TYLTYL
Yes, I was.... What is the time?...
GAFFER TYL
I'm sure I can't tell.... I've forgotten how.... It struck eight times, so
I suppose it's what they call eight o'clock up there....
TYLTYL
Light expects me at a quarter to nine.... It's because of the Fairy....
It's extremely important.... I'm off!...
GRANNY TYL
Don't leave us like that, just as supper's ready!... Quick, quick, let's
lay the table outside.
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