(_Feminine voices are heard--Hers among them--and the clear tinkling ofa little bell; then the door opens and a somewhat diminutive toy terrierenters, alone. She's black and tan, seems in love with herself, andcomes forward with a mincing step_.)

THE LITTLE D0G, (_voice way up inside her head_)

I'm the darling little hound, so pretty!

(T0BY _is struck dumb with admiration and astonishment_. KIKI,_indignant, has jumped on top of the piano and remains an unseen andhostile spectator_.)