LULU. Do I look well?
SCHIGOLCH. What are those you've got there?
LULU. Orchids. (Bending over Hugenberg.) Smell.
RODRIGO. Do you expect Prince Escerny?
LULU. (Shaking her head.) God forbid!
RODRIGO. So somebody else again—!
LULU. The prince has gone traveling.
RODRIGO. To put his kingdom up for auction?
LULU. He's spying out a fresh tribe in the neighborhood of Africa. (Rises, hurries up the stairs, and steps into the gallery.)
RODRIGO. (To Schigolch.) He wanted to marry her originally.