Vic. [Seated.] And you, what meant you, pray,

Speaking thus to D'Ormea?

Cha. Let us not

Waste words upon D'Ormea! Those I spent

Have half unsettled what I came to say.

His presence vexes to my very soul.

Vic. One called to manage a kingdom, Charles, needs heart

To bear up under worse annoyances

Than seems D'Ormea—to me, at least.

Cha. [Aside.] Ah, good!