Have you quite forgotten, my dear Alexandrion, that King Nicola is dead?!
THE KING.
Dead?——How kindly you speak because you think I am mad! Dead?——Where is he buried? I fought against the flood and escaped to land beyond the city walls. But who will believe me! Call my child here! She will advise me, as she has done a hundred thousand times before, with her wisdom.
FILIPO.
I'll hurry and call your own physician, my respected father!
THE KING.
Call my child! My child!
PRINCESS ALMA.
(Rushing in.) My father! Almighty God, I heard your agonizing voice throughout the house!
THE KING.