FISCHER.
Now he didn't exactly have to appear with a crown.
SCHLOSS.
It entirely spoils the sympathy one feels for him as an affectionate father.
THE PRINCESS (alone).
I do not understand at all; why, not one of the princes has yet touched my heart with love. I always keep in mind my father's warnings; he is a great sovereign and nevertheless a good father too, and is always thinking of my happiness; if only he did not have such a hasty temper! But fortune and misfortune are always coupled thus. My joy I find in the arts and sciences, for books constitute all my happiness.
The PRINCESS, LEANDER, the court scholar.
LEANDER.
Well, your Royal Highness! (They sit down.)