Has my daughter risen? I worked so late into the night that I am still quite fatigued. These wretched politics! Have you seen Kamke?
SONNSFELD.
Your Majesty's lackey? No, Your Majesty.
QUEEN.
He's been gone so long. I sent him to the Prince of Baireuth.
PRINCE (peeping out from the door, aside).
To me?
QUEEN.
If I may judge by the letters the Prince brings me from my son, he himself will one day be one of the best sovereigns of our century.
PRINCE (aside).