Testo Eustice & Isadore Admiral Twin
Scene i:
A dull and dreary day.
What else can you say?
"eustice, youâre always such a bore."
Why, thank you, isadore."
"they say a door is nothing on itâs own;
It must lead somewhere.
Iâd like to go somewhere.
We could go for a look-about in the attics and the closed rooms
Find diaries and letters of long-dead distant lovers.
Itâd be just like when we were children sneaking all around
We wouldnât make a sound;
Theyâd beat us black and blue if we were found,
But they canât touch us now!
"izzy, donât mean to be a bore
But really isadore.
You know these grey days make me blue.
I donât know what to do.
No...thereâs nothing I want to do."
Scene ii
The dull and dreary day becomes a dark and stormy night.
"eustice, we could go outside and bottle fireflies.
Fairy lamps burn bright
In the face of stormy night
And the old black umbrella
Could keep us from all harm.
We could go to the lichyard and see what thereâs to see.
Maybe a cabal meets underneath the banyan trees.
Itâd be just like when we were children sneaking all around
We wouldnât make a sound;
We thought theyâd reach out from their graves and drag us down,
But they donât scare us now!"
"izzy, donât mean to be a drag
But Iâll do no such thing;
Iâm staying in this chair.
Iâd probably break my neck
Falling in an open grave
Or catch some horrid, fatal ache."
"oh eustice, come with me; come outside.
Itâll be all right."