Julie: (In alarm) Hey! Hey! I don't care about the k'mono,
but I want the towel. I can't dry myself on a piece of soap
and a wet wash-rag.
lois: (Obstinately) I won't humor such a creature. You'll
have to dry yourself the best way you can. You can roll on
the floor like the animals do that don't wear any clothes.
Julie: (Complacent again) All right. Get out!
lois: (Haughtily) Huh!
(Julie turns on the cold water and with her finger directs a
parabolic stream at Lois. Lois retires quickly, slamming the
door after her. Julie laughs and turns off the water)
Julie: (Singing)
When the Arrow-collar man
Meets the D'jer-kiss girl
On the smokeless Sante Fé
Her Pebeco smile
Her Lucile style
De dum da-de-dum one day——
(She changes to a whistle and leans forward to turn on the
taps, but is startled by three loud banging noises in the
pipes. Silence for a moment—then she puts her mouth
down near the spigot as if it were a tele- phone)
Julie: Hello! (No answer) Are you a plumber? (No answer)
Are you the water department? (One loud, hollow bang)
What do you want? (No answer) I believe you're a ghost. Are
you? (No answer) Well, then, stop banging. (She reaches
out and turns on the warm tap. No water flows. Again she
HYLAND
