charcoal tablet, and
SUSIE cautiously enters Right._

SUSIE. There you are! Have you got 'em?

PETER. No, I gave them back to you.

SUSIE. Then they're in there on the table--get 'em quick, the trunks are
coming down now!

[_PETER goes out quickly at back, as the BUTLER and MAN SERVANT enter
Right, carrying a large new trunk with a portmanteau on top of it._

SUSIE. Put them right over there for a minute! [_They put them down in
the centre of the room, and the FOOTMAN goes out Right._] And mind, you
don't split on us, Thomas. Auntie Tillman knows all about it--it's just
to be a nice little surprise for Cousin Jinny and my new uncle.

BUTLER. Very well, miss.

[_He also goes out Right._

[_At the same time PETER reenters at back with a roll of papers and
some broad white satin ribbon. The papers are about half a foot broad
and two feet long, and on them is printed, "We are on our honeymoon."_

PETER. [_With gay excitement._] I've got 'em.

SUSIE. Get some water--there's sticky stuff on the back!

[_PETER gives her the papers and ribbons and goes out again at back._

SUSIE. Quick! [_Ties a big white bow on the portmanteau and on a trunk
handle._] If Auntie Tillman sees 'em, I'll bet she'll grab 'em off.
She'll be as mad as _hops_!

[_The BUTLER and FOOTMAN reenter Right, and bring down an old steamer
trunk and a gentleman's dressing-bag._

BUTLER. [_To the FOOTMAN._] Go and see if the carriage is there!

FOOTMAN. Yes, sir.

[_He goes out Left._

[_As PETER reenters from the back, with the water._

SUSIE. Quick now! Quick!

[_They stick one label on the big steamer trunk facing the audience._

PETER. I say isn't that great!

[_SUSIE giggles aloud with delight. The BUTLER, standing at one side,
smiles. They put another label on the other trunk._

SUSIE. [_Giggling._] I heard them plan it,--they're taking one old trunk
purposely so as people would not catch on they were just married!

[_Giggles delightedly._

[_The FOOTMAN reenters with a driver, Left._

FOOTMAN. Yes, sir, it's here.

BUTLER. [_To the driver._] You can take that first.

[_Pointing to the steamer trunk._

[_DRIVER goes out Left with it on his shoulder, and the portmanteau._

BUTLER. Now, James, you're to go over with the luggage to Twenty-third
Street Ferry and check the heavy baggage; you know where to.

FOOTMAN. Yes, sir.

SUSIE. [_Eagerly._] Oh, _where to?_

BUTLER. I am hunder