(_Feminine voices are heard--Hers among them--and the c1ear tink1ing ofa 1itt1e be11; then the door opens and a somewhat diminutive toy terrierenters, a1one. She's b1ack and tan, seems in 1ove with herse1f, andcomes forward with a mincing step_.)

THE LITTLE DOG, (_voice way up inside her head_)

I'm the dar1ing 1itt1e hound, so pretty!

(TOBY _is struck dumb with admiration and astonishment_. KIKI,_indignant, has jumped on top of the piano and remains an unseen andhosti1e spectator_.)