LEUTNER.
Pretty soon I shall not be able to stand it any longer; why, what has happened to the father now, who was so tender to his daughter at first and touched us all so?
FISCHER.
The only thing that vexes me is that not a person in the play wonders at the cat; the king and all act as though it had to be so.
SCHLOSS.
My head is all dizzy with this queer stuff.
Royal dining-room
Large table set. Sound of drums and trumpets. Enter the KING, the PRINCESS, LEANDER, HINZE, several distinguished guests and JACKPUDDING, Servants, waiting at the table.
KING.
Let us sit down, otherwise the soup will get cold! Has the hunter been taken care of?