MRS. L. You are not to fight. That is very wrong.
KITTY. Very wrong. I forgot myself, I am afraid.
MRS. L. Where are the pence you had in the pocket, Lucy?
LUCY. Oh, mother, it must have come untied when I jumped about. I'm so dreadfully sorry. I shall never be happy again.
KITTY. No, of course you can't feel happy as I do.
LUCY. Mother, do let me try once more; I really will be good.
MRS. L. Are you sure, Lucy? Will you really try?
LUCY. Yes, yes, I promise. I'll be like a little girl in a book, who changes all of a sudden, and never does it again.
MRS. L. Very well, then, I'll trust you with it once more.
KITTY. I'm a little surprised at you, aunt.
LUCY. And you'll never tell me I'm to be as good as Kitty?
MRS. L. No, because you will be just as good without my telling you.
KITTY. Good-bye then, aunt, I don't care to stay here if I'm of no use in setting an example to Lucy.
LUCY. I can do without your example, thank you.
KITTY. We shall see. But next time Lucy Locket loses her pocket Kitty Fisher will not find it.
[_They all sing "Lucy Locket," the curtain coming down on the last line._
Lucy Locket lost her pocket Kitty Fisher found it. Ne'er a penny was there in it save the binding round it.]
MRS. SMILER MRS. BROWN MRS. JENNINGS POLLY MRS. CRABSTICK SUKEY
_MRS. SMILER'S Cottage. A table C. half way up stage, four chairs round it arranged almost in a semi-circle, so that there is no one with back to audience. R. a stove on which to put kettle, etc. Dresser or table at back with cups and saucers, etc., on it._
POLLY [_outside_]. Yes, ma'am. [_Enter POLLY. She is very small._
MRS. S. Now, Polly, this afternoon you must be my little maid.
MRS. S. You see, Sukey hasn't come in yet, and some people are coming to tea, so you must put the kettle on to boil, and make the tea when they come.
MRS. S. What do you make the tea with, stupid?
POLLY [_thinks a minute, then triumphantly_]. Water, ma'am.
MRS. S. Of course. Now mind you don't forget, and have everything ready, as the party will be here in a minute: and I'll go and put on my best cap. [_Exit._
POLLY [_stands for a minute with the kettle in her hands, trying to remember_]. Let me see ... Oh yes, the tea.
[_She puts many spoonfuls of tea into the kettle, and then water, shakes the kettle to see if there's water in it, pours some water into the teapot; then, as she is standing with the kettle in her hand, MRS. S. comes in quickly with a gorgeous cap on._