He shrugged his shoulders contemptuously.
'In that case,' Brühl rejoined, 'I shall still more insist that you remain.'
'Excuse me, but exactly for the same reason I must go, in order to prove to the idiots that I am not afraid of anybody.'
Brühl waved his hand.
'I am sure it came from Berlin, where the gossip about Saxony originated,' he said.
'I am going to Prague to-morrow,' said Sulkowski, for I must look at Prague from a strategical points of view, as we are going to take it. Can I take leave of your wife?'
Brühl rang the bell. The lackey entered.
'Is your mistress at home?'
'Yes, your Excellency.'
'Announce the Count Sulkowski and me.'