"Shall I not see you again to-night?"
"I do not think that I can have that honor; I hope your royal highness will excuse me."
"What a man!" said Rudolph gayly. "Will you not try to retain him, madame!"
"I dare not attempt what your highness has attempted in vain."
"Seriously, my dear Albert, try to return to us as soon as your letter is written; if not, promise to grant me an interview some morning. I have a thousand things to say to you."
"Your royal highness overwhelms me," said the marquis, bowing profoundly as he retired.
"Your husband is preoccupied," said Rudolph to the marchioness, "his smile appeared constrained."
"When your royal highness arrived D'Harville was profoundly affected; he had great trouble to conceal it."
"I have arrived, perhaps, at an inopportune moment."
"No, you have even spared me the conclusion of a painful conversation."