Thanks. Splendid day.

COUNT (offers him one of his gigantic cigars)

PRINCE

No, thank you, not before lunch. Only one of my own cigarettes, if you permit. (He takes a cigarette from his case and lights it)

COUNT

So you've found time to drop in at last. Do you know how long you haven't been here? Three weeks.

PRINCE (glancing toward the balcony)

Really that long?

COUNT

What is it that makes you so scarce?