Duchess
Taste is something one uses on arranging one's rooms, not upon human beings.
Queen
Well hit, Josephine. You have at least the satisfaction of going out to the ringing of the bull's eye.
Duchess
Possibly.
[She exits after courtseying to the Queen, who returns it in proper measure. There is a silence. Prince looks tenderly at the Queen, who moves about in a rather staccato manner, disturbing perfectly placed bibelots and pieces of furniture.]
Prince
We are alone at last.
Queen