- Petrova: [rehearsing as Mytyl] When shall we see the dead?
- Pauline: [rehearsing as Tyltyl] You heard Light say...
- Dr. Jakes: [points to her watch and mouths: "midnight"]
- Pauline: [rehearsing as Tyltyl] You heard Light say I was to wait until midnight.
- Petrova: [rehearsing as Mytyl] Why midnight?
- Pauline: [rehearsing as Tyltyl] Because that is...
- Dr. Jakes: [inhales deeply and loudly]
- Pauline: [rehearsing as Tyltyl] Because that is when they take the air.
- Petrova: [rehearsing as Mytyl] Midnight is striking!
- Nana: [entering with tray of mugs] Cuck-oo! Cuck-oo! Cocoa! Cocoa!
- Nana: Oh, is there nothing stronger, Nana?