Well, it rather surprises me that he should connect our respective personalities to that extent. Hasn't Berlin heard yet that we are going to be divorced?
CECILIA
Why ... what does that mean?
AMADEUS (laughing)
Rumors to that effect are afloat.
CECILIA
What? Well, I declare!
AMADEUS
Yes, it's incredible what the popular gossip can invent. It's even in the newspapers. His Highness the Prince Sigismund Maradas-Lohsenstein is going to lead you to the altar. The necessary dispensation will be furnished by the Pope. Idiotic—isn't it?
CECILIA