PATOU
No mistaking the symptoms! He is very much in love.

THE GUINEA-HEN
[_Presenting her son to the_ PHEASANT-HEN.] The Guinea-cock, my son.

THE YOUNG GUINEA-COCK
[_Looking admiringly at the_ PHEASANT-HEN.] What a jolly shade of blond!

A HEN
[_Disparagingly._] Like butter!

CHANTECLER
[_Turning, dryly to the_ HENS.] It is time you went indoors.

THE PHEASANT-HEN
[_Amiably._] So soon?

CHANTECLER
They retire early.

A HEN
[_A little mortified._] Yes, we must turn in.

THE PHEASANT-HEN
They go in by a ladder!

THE GUINEA-HEN
[_To the_ PHEASANT-HEN.] Let us be great friends, my dear, shall we?