Fool (approaches): Who are you?
Friend: And who are you?
Fool (importantly): I’m Johnny Cracken and Jenny Jolly, but what’s your name?
Friend (hiding his confusion): I’m called Vanya at home. (Laughs awkwardly.)
Fool: What’s the joke? (To Maid.) What’s he laughing at? (To Monkey.) What’s he laughing at? Let’s leave the sinner. (Exit.)
Friend (pale): Who’s that?
Maid: He told you: Johnny Cracken and Jenny Jolly.
Friend: Er—is your master really quite well?
Maid: Oh yes. He’s just coming. (Pause.)
Friend: I should like to know—how many miles is it from here to the railway?
Maid (astonished): To the railway? What’s the railway?
Friend: You don’t know what a railway is?
Maid: I’ve never heard of one.
Friend: Do you mean to say—do you—well yes, er—do you all live here, without ever going outside?
Maid: Yes, without going outside.
Friend: Hm.—Your face seems familiar.
