Pourquoi La vie est gai! Dites-moi Pourquoi, Chère mad'moiselle, Est-ce que Parce que Vous m'aimez?
(HENRY, a servant, enters and scolds them.) HENRY Allez-vous! Vite! Dans la maison! NGANA Non, Henri! JEROME (Mischievously delivering an ultimatum) Moi, je reste ici! HENRY Oh, oui? Nous verrons bien . . . (He chases JEROME around the giggling NGANA) Viens, petit moustique! (HENRY catches JEROME. He is not as angry as he pre- tends to be, but he grabs JEROME by the ear and leads him off squealing, followed by NGANA, who protests violently.) NGANA Non, Henri . . . non . . . non! (As she runs off, NELLIE and EMILE are heard offstage from around the corner of the house.) NELLIE'S VOICE What's this one? -4- |