LIGHT
I have received a note from the Fairy Berylune telling me that the Blue
Bird is probably here.
TYLTYL
Where?...
LIGHT
Here, in the graveyard behind that wall.... It appears that one of the dead
in the graveyard is hiding it in his tomb.... We must find out which one it
is.... We shall have to pass them under review....
TYLTYL
Under review?... How is that done?...
LIGHT
It is very simple: at midnight, so as not to disturb them too greatly, you
will turn the diamond. We shall see them come out of the ground; or else we
shall see those who do not come out lying in their tombs....
TYLTYL
Will they not be angry?...
LIGHT
Not at all; they will not even know.... They do not like being disturbed,
but, as it is their custom, in any case, to come out at midnight, that will
not inconvenience them....
TYLTYL
Why are Bread, Sugar and Milk so pale and why do they say nothing?...
MILK (_staggering_)
I feel I am going to turn....
LIGHT (_aside to TYLTYL_)
Do not mind them.... They are afraid of the dead....
FIRE (_frisking about_)
I'm not afraid of them!... I am used to burning them.... Time was when I
burnt them all; that was much more amusing than nowadays .
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