)
Help me!... Here!... Here!...
TYLTYL (_to the_ DOG)
Help her, Tylo, at them!...
THE DOG (_leaping up and barking_)
Yes, yes, yes!...
TYLTYL
And Bread, where's Bread?...
BREAD (_at the back of the hall_)
Here.... I am near the door to prevent them from going out....
(_One of the_ GHOSTS _moves in that direction and he rushes away at
full speed, uttering yells of terror_.)
NIGHT (_to three_ GHOSTS _whom she has seized by the neck_)
This way, you!... (_To_ TYLTYL) Open the door a little.... (_She
pushes the_ GHOSTS _into the cave_.) There, that's it....
(_The_ DOG _brings up two more_.) And these two.... Come, quick,
in with you!... You know you're only allowed out on All-hallows....
(_She closes the door._)
TYLTYL (_going to another door_)
What's behind this one?....
NIGHT
What is the good?...I have already told you the Blue Bird has never been
here.... However, as you please.... Open the doors if you like.... It's the
Sicknesses....
TYLTYL (_with the key in the lock_.)
Must I be careful in opening?...
NIGHT
No, it is not worth while.... They are very quiet, the poor little
things.... They are not happy.... Man, for some time, has been waging
such a determined war upon them!.
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