...
TYLTYL
Yes, ma'am, if you will allow me.... Will you tell me where he is?...
NIGHT
I don't know, dear.... All I can say is that he is not here.... I have
never seen him....
TYLTYL
Yes, yes.... Light told me that he was here; and Light knows what she is
saying.... Will you hand me your keys?...
NIGHT
But you must understand, dear, that I cannot give my keys like that to
the first comer.... I have the keeping of all Nature's secrets and I am
absolutely forbidden to deliver them to anybody, especially to a child....
TYLTYL
You have no right to refuse them to Man when he asks you for them....I know
that....
NIGHT
Who told you?...
TYLTYL
Light....
NIGHT
Light again! Always Light!... How dare she interfere, how dare she?...
THE DOG
Shall I take them from her by force, my little god?...
TYLTYL
Hold your tongue, keep quiet and try to behave.... (_To_NIGHT) Come,
madam, give me your keys, please....
NIGHT
Have you the sign, at least?... Where is it?...
TYLTYL (_touching his hat_)
Behold the Diamond!...
NIGHT (_resigning herself to the inevitable_)
Well, then... Here is the key that opens all the doors of the hall.... Look
to yourself if you meet with a misfortune.
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