_] Charmed, I
am sure! Oh, what a novel notion! Goblet-shaped!
THE MAGPIE
Blue Cock of Andalusia!
THE GUINEA-HEN
Your egg, I presume, was laid in the vibrating hollow of a guitar!
Delighted and honored,--both!
THE MAGPIE
Cock Langsham!
THE PEACOCK
A Tartar!
ALL THE HENS
[_Smitten with amazement at sight of the black giant._] A Tartar!
THE MAGPIE
Gold-penciled Hamburg Cock!
ALL THE HENS
[_At sight of the gold-laced_ COCK _in the cocked hat._] Gold-penciled
Hamburg!
THE GUINEA-HEN
My kitchen-garden party will be famous! [_To the_ HAMBURG COCK, _whose
breast is striped with black and yellow._] Oh, what a wonderful
waistcoat! May I ask what it is made of?
THE BLACKBIRD
Of zebra!
THE GUINEA-HEN
Zebra, you don't say so! It will be the pride of my life, of my whole--
THE MAGPIE
Cock--
THE GUINEA-HEN
[_Jumping._] No, I can't believe it!
THE MAGPIE
--of Burma!
THE GUINEA-HEN
Burma! [_Increasing general agitation._]
THE PEACOCK
An East Indian.
THE GUINEA-HEN
Oh, I can see his Hindu soul right in his eyes, the Hindu soul we hear
so much about! [_Running to the newcomer, in an adoring voice._]
Charmed, charmed! The Hindu soul--oh!
THE MAGPIE
Padua Cocks--The Dutch Padua of Poland!
THE GUINEA-HEN
Dutch of Poland! This is really more than I ever aspired to!
[_The_ PADUA COCKS _enter, shaking their plumes._]
THE MAGPIE
The Gold Cock! The Silver Cock!
THE GUINEA-HEN
[_In ecstasies of admiration before the flowing plume of the latter.
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