“Yes; it has been hinted at for several days.”
“And you never told me? Do you think it is true?”
“I fear so. Drakovics would not have allowed the rumour to get about if it had not suited his purpose.”
“Very well. What do you intend to do?”
“In what way?”
“When the Cabinet meets, for instance. Will any of the other Ministers sustain you in a protest, or are they all the slaves of M. Drakovics?”
“I could count on Georgeivics, certainly, and on Mirkovics and the nobles; but I would not reckon too much on the effect of a protest, Ernestine.”
“You mean that they would shrink from maintaining their protest by resigning office?”
“Not necessarily. I mean that their resignation would not stop Drakovics.”
“But not the resignation of half his Cabinet?”