AMADEUS
Oh.—They tell me it's a great success.
CECILIA
It would be a wonder if it were not. The artist spent six months on it, they say....
AMADEUS
Is that too much for a good picture?
CECELIA
No, but for the Countess.—She will probably sing Philine pretty well, by the way.
AMADEUS
You think so? I fear you are mistaken.... (Pause) Well, Cecilia, what were you talking of to-day—you and Sigismund?