ll be larking and smoking and kicking up no
end of a row, and poor old Jack's serious face'll be a study.

Aurora. _(aside)_ Will he? I'll learn you to make fun of the dear
Doctor. see if I don't! _(creeps to door)_

_(Exit Aurora. unobserved.)_

_(Re-enter Doctor--Waverly withdraws his arm suddenly, Pearl puts
it back.)_

Pearl. _(to Doctor)_ Jack?

_(Doctor doesn't hear, absorbed in microscope.)_

Jack, dear, has any one been here while we were away? _(toying
with Waverly's hand)_

Doctor. _(still looking through microscope)_ Only a Billy old
lunatic with dyed hair and a touch of lumbago.

Ruby and Pearl. _(jumping up suddenly)_ Father!

_(Andrew sits on couch with Waverly.)_

Doctor. _(aside)_ Oh, lor! _(aloud)_ I'm awfully sorry I didn't
know he was your father, he said he was a fairy prince.

Pearl. How like him! _(laughs)_

Ruby. Where's he gone?

Doctor. To look for someone--I think it was you. _(points to
Waverly and Andrew)_

Pearl. Had he his big walking stick? _(seriously)_

Doctor. _(nods)_ He had! He practised with it on Tupper.

Andrew and Waveb. _(together, rising)_ I think we had better be
going now.

Ruby. _(to Andrew)_ Yes, do, you don't know papa when he's
roused.

_(Waverly looks around nervously and goes up.)_

Andrew. Oh, I'm not afraid, but I've an appointment. _(winking
and smiling)_

Ruby. _(smiling)_ With a lady? _(pointing at picture)_

Andrew. _(smiling)_ Yes!

Waver. I'll come with you, I'd like to see her.

Andrew. Right! Shan't be long, Jack, and when we come back we're
going to take you out to have one jolly good caper for the last,
_(slaps him hard on back.)_

Doctor. _(absently)_ The last before auntie comes.

Andrew. _(laughing and nudging Waver.)_ As you say, _before
auntie comes_.

_(Exit Andrew and Waverly.)_

Pearl. _(to Ruby)_ He's looking at us! Suppose he's fallen in
love with us!

Ruby. He mustn't for worlds--father would accept him at once!

Pearl. _(to Ruby)_ We must be very _distant_ cousins now.

_(Girls sit on sofa.)_

Doctor. _(aside)_ I'm no match for the two of 'em. _(sits on
couch between girls--cheerily)_ Now make yourselves quite at
home, let me give you some more tea? _(to Ruby.)_

Ruby. _(freezingly)_ No, thank you. _(moves to armchair)_

_(Pearl goes to window and looks out.)_

Doctor. _(C. aside)_ Very sudden change! What have I done?

Pearl. _(looking out of window)_ Father's back!

_(Bell rings. Ruby and Pearl