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Was that the King's voice? Eversmann, tell the castellan that eleven o'clock is closing hour for my wife's apartment, and that, if I see a light again in her rooms until after midnight, I will come over myself at the stroke of twelve to search into every corner and to discover what political plot is brewing there. You'd better tell my wife yourself, sirrah so that she may obey orders.
The same as in SCENE I of ACT II. Writing materials on the table. EVERSMANN comes from the KING'S room. Pst! Eversmann! Have you seen him yet? Seen whom, Count? SECKENDORF. The Prince of Wales. He is indeed in Berlin he has been seen everywhere. Unter den Linden by the river even beyond Treptow a frail figure of a man, stooping slightly his left shoulder higher than the right.
Then I fear that you will not keep your word to punish me for torturing you so cruelly. She loves me. Then one thing is sure! I will now take the straight road into the very jaws of the lion. What else remains? Betrayed by Hotham, there is naught but Wilhelmine's love and my own courage. EVERSMANN comes from the KING'S room. Whither, Your Highness? To the King. You will find him very angry.
So that she may obey orders. Will he go now? Eversmann! Your Majesty! Now go to my daughter too, the Princess Wilhelmine To Her Royal Highness And tell her to have a care this Laharpe is a rascal. Laharpe? What's that? Laharpe is a rascal, I say. A rascal.
And tell my daughter that I will teach a lesson to the Crown Prince for sending these French vagabonds here, who pretend to be teachers of the language and are merely ordinary, good-for-nothing wigmakers. How disgusting! Wigmakers? And now get back to the books! At once, Your Majesty. Eversmann one thing more, Eversmann! Your Majesty? If you should see the Prince Hereditary of Baireuth
Yes take this coat off; we'll spare no expense. They shall see that I possess wealth; they shall see that though I may be parsimonious ordinarily, still I can spend as well as any of them when an occasion offers. Will Your Majesty put on the embroidered uniform? The embroidered uniform, Eversmann. I am expecting guests to whom all honor must be shown.
In planning to bestow the hand of his charming daughter, now here, now there, it never came to his mind that her heart might have a right to choose it never occurred to him to ask: "Does my choice make you happy, child?" Eversmann, take this pipe. Now he is departed.
One window and four doors. A table and two armchairs on the left of the room. EVERSMANN, taking snuff comfortably. Two Drummers of the Guard. Later FRAÜLEIN VON SONNSFELD. The drummers take up a position near the door to the left, leading to the apartments of the PRINCESS, and execute a roll of the drums. That will do. Yes, yes. We heard it. This is unendurable!
And he called Eversmann la rapinière, or, as we would say, Old Rapacity! The rogue! And such books find their way into the country marked properly by the Crown Prince at that! Can Wilhelmine be a party to this? That would indeed be scandalous. Your Majesty, shall I take these ungodly books to the executioner, to have them burned? No.
I thank you for the information, my good man. Don't mention it, pray. And who are you? Eversmann? The Minister of Finance or the Head Steward, I wonder? The King? Why should I feel so timid, so oppressed, all of a sudden? Does my courage fail me because I am about to confront this curiosity of his century? I'd rather observe him from the side at first.
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