...
(_Another troop of_ HAPPINESSES, _a little taller than the last,
rush into the hall, singing at the top of their voice, "There they are!
There they are! They see us! They see us!" and, dance a merry fling around
the_ CHILDREN, _at the end of which the one who appears to be
the chief of the little band goes up to_ TYLTYL _with hand
outstretched_.)
THE HAPPINESS
How do you do, Tyltyl?...
TYLTYL
Another one who knows me!... (_To_ LIGHT) I am getting known wherever
I go!... (_To the_ HAPPINESS) Who are you?...
THE HAPPINESS
Don't you recognise me?... I'll wager that you don't recognise any one
here!
TYLTYL (_a little embarrassed_)
Why, no.... I don't know.... I don't remember seeing any of you.
THE HAPPINESS
There, do you hear?... I was sure of it!... He has never seen us!...
(_All the other_ HAPPINESSES _burst out laughing_) Why, my dear
Tyltyl, we are the only things you do know!... We are always around you!...
We eat, drink, wake up, breathe and live with you!...
TYLTYL
Oh, yes, just so, I know, I remember.... But I should like to know what
your names are....
THE HAPPINESS
I can see that you know nothing.... I am the chief of the Happinesses of
your home; and all these are the other Happinesses that live there.
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