EVERSMANN.
To be the future Empress of Austria.
[He goes out into the QUEEN'S room.]
PRINCE (alone).
Empress! Queen! And I—I who love her to desperation, I am to help bring about either of these alliances? That will mean a tragedy or [after a pause he continues more cheerfully]—Courage—courage—it may turn out a comedy after all, as merry a comedy as ever was played at any Royal Court. [He goes out.]
ACT II
GRUMBKOW and SECKENDORF come in with EVERSMANN. The latter carries a wide orange-colored ribbon with many stars and Orders on it, and a gleaming sword.
SCENE I
The KING'S room. A side door on the left; a centre door. A writing table and chairs.