...
TYLTYL
What does that mean?...
THE CHILD
I don't exactly know; but they say it's a great thing....
TYLTYL (_pointing to a crowd of_ CHILDREN _sleeping at the foot of
the columns, on the steps, the benches, etc_.)
And all those asleep, what a number of them there are asleep!... Do they do
nothing?...
THE CHILD
They are thinking of something....
TYLTYL
Of what?...
THE CHILD
They do not know yet; but they must take something with them to earth; we
are not allowed to go from here empty-handed....
TYLTYL
Who says so?...
THE CHILD
Time, who stands at the door.... You will see when he opens it.... He is
very tiresome....
A CHILD (_running up from the back of the hall and elbowing his way
through the crowd_)
How are you, TYLTYL?...
TYLTYL
Hullo!... How does he know my name?...
THE CHILD (_who has just run up and who now kisses_ TYLTYL _and_
MYTYL _effusively_.)
How are you?... All right?... Come, give me a kiss, and you too, Mytyl.
It's not surprising that I should know your name, seeing that I shall be
your brother.... They have only just told me that you were here.... I was
right at the other end of the hall, packing up my ideas....
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