Ballet Shoes

Petrova:
[rehearsing as Mytyl] When shall we see the dead?

Pauline:
[rehearsing as Tyltyl] You heard Light say...

Dr. Jakes:
[points to her watch and mouths: "midnight"]

Pauline:
[rehearsing as Tyltyl] You heard Light say I was to wait until midnight.

Petrova:
[rehearsing as Mytyl] Why midnight?

Pauline:
[rehearsing as Tyltyl] Because that is...

Dr. Jakes:
[inhales deeply and loudly]

Pauline:
[rehearsing as Tyltyl] Because that is when they take the air.

Petrova:
[rehearsing as Mytyl] Midnight is striking!

Nana:
[entering with tray of mugs] Cuck-oo! Cuck-oo! Cocoa! Cocoa!

Nana:
Oh, is there nothing stronger, Nana?