MAN IN GREY. [Smiling a ghastly, malicious smile] I'll tell—out there.
OLD LADY. [Crying] No, no; I won't!
MAN IN GREY. [Laughing]; It isn't dangerous. Come along! All I want is to speak to you. Come now!
[They go toward the background and disappear.
PRINCE. [To the JUDGE] A little Christmas entertainment is wholesome.
JUDGE. Do you mean to maltreat a woman?
PRINCE. Here all injustices are abolished, and woman is treated as the equal of man.
JUDGE. You devil!
PRINCE. That's all right, but don't call me hunchback, for that touches my last illusion.
THE OTHER ONE. [Steps up to the table] Well, how do you like our animal magnetism? It can work wonders on black-guards!