He's watching. Now you
watch.
UNCLE EDWARD. What are you laughing at? The many times you've seen this!
ALICE. I never can help it. This is where Clown tries to steal the
breakfast, and he never remembers that Harlequin's close behind.
[And, indeed, while the others most ostentatiously don't see, Clown and
Pantaloon do steal bread and sausages and beer--and into the basket
they all go. Not the beer; that goes down the neck of Clown. Then
Columbine calls them to breakfast. Harlequin is presented to the
company. Gelsomino has greeted him even more coldly.
He is weary of her relations.
[But, behold, they discover there is no breakfast. Clown discovers it,
and is more amazed and innocent than any. Columbine is in desp
But Harlequin rises and waves his wand and strikes on the table, and
breakfast appears. Clown, in a panic, turns to his basket. But, behold,
that is empty now.
Then they have breakfast. And Clown gets a lot and Pantaloon very little.
Gelsomino hasn't come to the table at all, so Columbine goes to fetch him.
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