THE KING. It shall be one of mine to be a woman-breaker.
THE PRINCESS. It is well to know where we stand.
THE KING. You promised this morning to submit yourself to me, and learn to be a good wife.
THE PRINCESS. So I did. And perhaps so will I. I do not know.
THE KING. In what way do I displease you? If it is anything which I can change without hurt to the well-being of my kingdom and the traditions of my ancestors, I will gladly change it.
THE PRINCESS. There are many things—too many to enumerate in detail.
THE KING. Name one of them.
THE PRINCESS. For one thing, you seem a trifle less handsome than the portrait of you they gave me.—But I suppose you have been thinking the same thing about me. Indeed, my portrait must have flattered me greatly, since you did not recognize me this morning….
THE KING. For a moment—it must have been intuition—I did think it was you. Unfortunately, I allowed my judgment to lead me astray.
THE PRINCESS. It always will, if you pay any attention to it. So you did believe it was I for a moment? That is interesting! And how did you feel?