(Wipes his month in terror, then in assumed anger.) What have I? Knowest thou not who I am? How then dost thou suffer thyself to tell thy King he--say it yet once more! I will but see.
Balthilda (laughing).
A--downy--beard.
Teja (laughing).
Now, wait!
TWELFTH SCENE.
THE SAME. ILDIBAD.
Ildibad.
Sire, thou calledst? (He stands rigid with astonishment, and is about to retire silently.)
Teja.