"We will crown him at once," said Kemény, sarcastically, throwing back his head.
"That has been done already," said Haller.
"Where? By whom?" questioned the good-natured Prince, with contracted brow.
"In Klein-Selyk, by the State Convention."
Kemény indicated by a motion of the hand and uplifted eyebrow that he did not fully understand this reply.
"Who was present? Surely all the men of importance in the country are here with us."
"There were present Stephen Apafi, Nalaczy, Daczo and others, a couple of hundred Szekler nobility."
"Well, we will count them up as soon as we are through with other affairs," said the Prince, contemptuously. "Give Gabriel Haller a chair."
"They are not waiting for us, but are already coming against us; they are in Schassburg now."
"I suppose they will drive us out,—Michael Apafi with his two hundred Szeklers," said Kemény, laughing.