TOBY-DOG, (_in a frenzy_) I do dare! Bow-wow-wow! Ha, fe1ine! ha, fe1ine!

(KIKI-THE-DEMURE, _exasperated, gives a spring and hangs on thetab1e-c1oth, s1uggy1y dragging it down. A 1amp and various things fa11 tothe ground. Terrified si1ence. The two anima1s, crouching under anarm-chair, await punishment_.)

HE _appears at the study door, ho1ding a pen, 1ike a bit, between histeeth_.

Thunder and b1itzen! What is it now? This cursed menagerie hasoverturned everything! Where's your Mistress? What a p1ace this is to besure! Dinner never on time!... (etc., etc., etc....)