PRINCE.
Hotham, I'm in a most peculiar situation—
HOTHAM.
I will devote my very life to your service. What would I be without you? To you I owe this flattering mission, to you I owe my very presence here.
PRINCE.
Yes—why are you here?
HOTHAM (looks about).
It is an affair of the greatest secrecy. But if you desire I shall not hesitate to tell you what it is.
PRINCE. (absently).
I am not curious. Will it keep you here long?