At last!
[The Hearts sigh.]
The Prince.
Poor dears, to think that I should succeed where such good men and true have failed!
First Frog.
Ah, to be the Man of the Hour—that’s success! If only one knows enough to realise it!
Second Frog.
And there, there, is our own dear Sir Amphibious! Not changed one bit!
Mentor.
Well, it’s all very well to talk of success, but after all you have only come upon a bit of still-life, a canvas by an old master, as it were! And the chances are it would crumble to dust if you were to transfer it to the Royal Museum!