HE. (_Interrupting energetically_) Really, I beg your pardon.
SHE. (_Continuing without a break_) I'm so glad you've come.
HE. Ah, yes. . . . Quite so.
SHE. Kiss me, mother.
HE. (_Trying to rise_) Eh?
(_She does not release him._)
SHE. Kiss me, mother.
HE. But I'm not your mother.
SHE. (_Plaintively_) Won't you kiss me, mother?