WILHELMINE (aside).
Hour after hour passes! What will the Prince think of me? Or can he have learned my fate already?
SONNSFELD.
Did Your Highness speak?
WILHELMINE.
No, I—I merely sighed.
SONNSFELD.
It seemed as if you were talking to yourself. Don't be too melancholy. You'll soon learn the Bible verses and I'll relieve you of most of the knitting.
WILHELMINE.
You are too good—you are kinder to me than I have deserved of you today. That work is tiring you—give it to me.