ALBERT. An attempt to imitate the handwriting of the count. Compare it with the word upon the vase.
JUDGE.
It is the same!
CHORUS.
Huzza! huzza! etc.
WEDGEWOOD (forgetting himself, after the chorus has finished, shouts at the top of his voice,) Huzza!—(which the KING observing, rises to call him to order; when WEDGEWOOD, noticing the KING, places his hand upon his own mouth; and looking round, and holding his mallet in a threatening manner over KARL, who is silent by way of excusing his mistake, says)—But silence in the court! (The KING, shaking his finger at WEDGEWOOD, takes his seat; HANS leaves the box.)
ALBERT.
Place that workman on the stand. (It is done.) Did you ever see this vase before?
WORKMAN.
Yes, sir.
ALBERT.
Where?
WORKMAN. I saw Karl receive it for the furnace, and I saw him marking upon it with a sharp instrument, which he suddenly hid in his bosom. (KARL feels for his dagger, and half draws it, looking at SOPHIA ferociously. SOPHIA observes him narrowly, and with great apprehension.)
ALBERT.
Who took the vase from the furnace?
WORKMAN.
Karl.