THE GREY HEN
[_More and more upset._] Oh--!

CHANTECLER
[_Dramatically._] Who is it?

THE GREY HEN
Oh--

CHANTECLER
Confess!

THE GREY HEN
[_In the voice of a woman caught in guilt._] The Cuckoo!

CHANTECLER
[_Amazed._] You love him?--But wherefore?

THE GREY HEN
[_Drops her eyes, then with emotion._] He is Swiss!

PATOU
A bubble!

THE GREY HEN
He is a thinker. He takes his airing--

CHANTECLER
She loves a clock!