Go, children, and at eve, when work is done,
We'll meet and talk the country's business over.
[Exeunt Servants.]
Belted and plumed, and all thy bravery on!
Thou art for Altdorf—for the castle, boy?
RUDENZ.
Yes, uncle. Longer may I not delay—
ATTINGHAUSEN (sitting down).
Why in such haste? Say, are thy youthful hours
Doled in such niggard measure, that thou must
Be chary of them to thy aged uncle?
RUDENZ.
I see my presence is not needed here;
I am but as a stranger in this house.
ATTINGHAUSEN (gazes fixedly at him for a considerable time).