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"Can you not take your handkerchief, your neckcloth, anything?" she cried; and at the same moment, from her light muslin gown she rent off a flounce and tossed it on the floor. "Take that," she said, and for the first time directly faced Greisengesang. But the Chancellor held up his hands and turned away his head in agony.
It was not a large body. At the instance of Gondremark, it had undergone a strict purgation, and was now composed exclusively of tools. Three secretaries sat at a side-table. Seraphina took the head; on her right was the Baron, on her left Greisengesang; below these Grafinski the treasurer, Count Eisenthal, a couple of non- combatants, and, to the surprise of all, Gotthold.
A filthy imagination, an ear greedy of evil, a ponderous malignity of thought and language: I grow like him by the reading! Chancellor, where is this fellow lodged?" "He was committed to the Flag Tower," replied Greisengesang, "in the Gamiani apartment." "Lead me to him," said the Prince; and then, a thought striking him, "Was it for that," he asked, "that I found so many sentries in the garden?"
'Herr Doctor, if you will kindly give me them, I will intrude no longer. Gotthold unlocked a drawer and handed a bundle of manuscript to the old gentleman, who prepared, with fitting salutations, to take his departure. 'Herr Greisengesang, since we have met, said Otto, 'let us talk. 'I am honoured by his Highness's commands, replied the Chancellor.
The Prince moved slowly towards the lower end of the table; then he paused again, and, fixing his eye on Greisengesang, "How comes it, Herr Cancellarius," he said, "that I have received no notice of the change of hour?" "Your Highness," replied the Chancellor, "her Highness the Princess ..." and there paused. "I understood," said Seraphina, taking him up, "that you did not purpose to be present."
'Bear it in mind more constantly, said Otto. 'Herr Cancellarius, bring all the papers to my cabinet. Gentlemen, the council is dissolved. And he bowed and left the apartment, followed by Greisengesang and the secretaries, just at the moment when the Princess's ladies, summoned in all haste, entered by another door to help her forth.
"All has been quiet since I left?" asked the Prince, resuming his seat. "The usual business, your Highness," answered Greisengesang; "punctual trifles: huge, indeed, if neglected, but trifles when discharged. Your Highness is most zealously obeyed." "Obeyed, Herr Cancellarius?" returned the Prince. "And when have I obliged you with an order? Replaced, let us rather say.
He chuckled as he thought of it: and Greisengesang heard him with wonder, and attributed his lively spirits to the skirmish of the morning. Led by this idea, the antique courtier ventured to compliment his sovereign on his bearing. It reminded him, he said, of Otto's father. "What?" asked the Prince, whose thoughts were miles away.
The Prince moved slowly towards the lower end of the table; then he paused again, and, fixing his eye on Greisengesang, 'How comes it, Herr Cancellarius, he asked, 'that I have received no notice of the change of hour? 'Your Highness, replied the Chancellor, 'her Highness the Princess . . . and there paused.
"You assure me, your sovereign, that since the date of my departure nothing has occurred of which you owe me an account." "I take your Highness, I take the Herr Doctor to witness," cried Greisengesang, "that I have had no such expression." "Halt!" said the Prince; and then, after a pause: "Herr Greisengesang, you are an old man, and you served my father before you served me," he added.
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