Tonight! I need those twelve hours for my plans.
[The secretary holds the door open for the chief of staff who is about to go out when suddenly in the doorway appears a young man of thirty, pale, dark, timid. He hesitates on the threshold.
secretary
[Taken aback, bowing.
Your Majesty!
chief of staff
[Drawing back.
My King!
[prime minister and minister of war bow.
king