WILHELMINE.
It is full of kindness and love.
PRINCE.
Very well, then. He has honored me, he has shown confidence in me; the arrival of the Prince of Wales provokes him to rebuke such hardiness. I will show him what is in my heart, and then, Wilhelmine—then? If he refuse the hand I ask—
WILHELMINE (turning from him).
You will—find consolation?
PRINCE.
And if he grant it?
WILHELMINE (overcome by her emotion, allows her heart full sway, but is still roguish and maidenly).
Then—I fear that you will not keep your word—to punish me for torturing you so cruelly.