[Josephine obeys.]
Prince
[Stepping into the room so befogged with his own agitation as to have no room left for astonishment at the presence of the Queen.]
Josephine, your Majesty, are you quite sure——
Duchess
My dear Charles, do you think I am in the habit of not noticing the intrusion of perfectly strange women into my apartment at night?
Prince
Then you saw no one?
[Duchess smiles enigmatically.]