Prince.

That our growth ceases when we gain our end. Attainment means being nailed fast--nailed to a cross, sometimes!

Kellinghausen.

(While Conrad hands about glasses of wine.) Gentlemen, won't you drop your epigrams and try some of my port?

Prince.

It's his Excellency's doing. He always begins!

Enter a footman.

The Footman.

Baron Richard von Völkerlingk. (There is an expectant murmur.)

Enter Richard.