Now, are you ready? (Cesar sits at the desk.)

Ces. Ay, my lord.

Prince. Begin then.

‘I am secretly’—

Ces. ‘Secretly’—driven to madness!

Prince. ‘About the marriage’—

Ces. ‘Marriage’—that never shall take place!

Prince. ‘All is fair for you’—

Ces. ‘For you’—though perdition to me!

Prince. ‘Believe me’—