FRAU V. BROOK. Yes, you are right. In my soul, too, there are unhappy and unholy thoughts that I would rather not utter. From my own experience I know that it is best to keep strictly within the narrow path of duty.
THE PRINCESS. And to go to sleep.
FRAU V. BROOK. Ah, it isn't only that.
THE PRINCESS. Look out there! See the woods! Ah, to lie down on the moss, to cover oneself with leaves, to watch the clouds pass by high above——
FRAU V. BROOK. [Softening.] We can do that, too, some-time.
THE PRINCESS. [Laughing aloud.] Sometime!
[The Lackey appears at the door.
FRAU V. BROOK. Is everything ready?
[The Lackey bows.
THE PRINCESS. [Aside to Frau v. Brook.] But I simply cannot sleep.