AMADEUS (a little staggered)
Why?
ALBERT
It is characteristic of all transitional periods, that a conflict which might not exist to a later generation, must end tragically the moment a fairly decent person becomes involved in it.
AMADEUS
But there is no conflict.
ALBERT
I shall not shirk the duty of inventing one.
AMADEUS
Suppose you wait a little while yet...? Perhaps life itself might....