Sir, no one is permitted to remain in the presence of our Majesty, the young Emperor.
EMPEROR
It is he!
[The shuttlecock with which the little EMPEROR of Nanking is playing falls on the knees of the big EMPEROR, who takes it in his hands.]
CHILD [To the Second Nurse]
Leave him there, I want him to stay. You see that he is ill.
[To the EMPEROR]
Why are you so pale? Are you ill?
EMPEROR
No, Sire! It is emotion which has made me pale.