HOTHAM.
Wait, Prince, wait and trust—
PRINCE.
To the counting-room?
HOTHAM.
Why not? And when, in case the King will not agree to the new treaties, I have devoted myself entirely to your cause, when you under stand that my heart beats high in gratitude to a Prince whom I met by mere chance and who has been my benefactor—when you have finally won the heart and hand of the Princess, then all I shall ask of Your Highness, as a German sovereign at the Diet of Regensburg, in Germany's very heart, is merely your assistance in obtaining from the German Empire some little concession for our harmless, innocent—manufactures.
KAMKE (opens the door to the right).
HOTHAM.
Everything else later. For the present—trust me. Over there are the
Queen's apartments. Farewell. [He goes out.]