"Is that he?"
"What fault have you to find with him?"
"That he has always served your enemies as a spy. He brought Kemény the first news of your coronation, and he was the one who announced the approach of Kutschuk Pasha."
Apafi's face grew darker still.
"And I have invited the man to dine," he muttered between his teeth.
"What do Nalaczy and Daczo wish, that they are here on so friendly a footing?"
"They are my faithful partisans who have been on my side from the beginning."
"Do not for that reason give them the first positions in the land. In a large sphere of activity, simple, ignorant men do more harm than sensible antagonists. Reward them, but only in proportion to their work."
"That I will," said the distressed Prince, and strove in every way possible to make the rôle of husband prominent throughout the rest of the scene, but Anna did not stop.