TYLTYL
_suddenly sees them seated fraternally at the table with their hosts,
eating, drinking and flinging themselves about wildly_.)
TYLTYL
Why, look, Light!... They are sitting at the table!...
LIGHT
Call them back, or this will have a bad end!...
TYLTYL
Tylo!... Here, Tylo!... Come here at once, will you? Do you hear?... And
you too, Sugar and Bread, who told you to leave me?... What are you doing
there, without permission?
BREAD (_speaking with his mouth full_)
Can't you keep a civil tongue in your mouth?...
TYLTYL
What? Is Bread daring to be impertinent?... Why, what's come over you?...
And you, Tylo?... Is that the way you obey? Now then, come here, on your
knees, on your knees!... And look sharp!...
THE DOG (_muttering, from the end of the table_)
When I'm eating, I'm at home to nobody and I hear nothing....
SUGAR (_honey-mouthed_)
Pardon us, we could not possibly leave such charming hosts so abruptly:
they would be offended....
THE LUXURY
You see!... They are setting you an example.... Come, we are waiting for
you.... We won't hear of a refusal.... We shall have to resort to a gentle
violence.... Come, you Luxuries, help me!... Let us push them to the table
by force, so that they may be happy in spite of themselves!.
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