"To my son, the Crown Prince of Prussia, to be delivered personally in
Rheinsberg within twenty-four hours; kindness of the Prince of
Baireuth." Why this—this is a formal decree of banishment from Berlin!
How could it happen just now?
EVERSMANN.
It's merely a polite hint. Everything is discovered—and not only the matter of Rapinière. His Majesty knows you now as the emissary of the Crown Prince, sent to stir up a revolution here in Berlin and in the palace. The wigmaker confessed it all. I suspected Your Highness from the first. Wish you a pleasant journey to Rheinsberg.
[He goes out.]
PRINCE.
Betrayed—forsaken by all—
HOTHAM (coming hastily from the QUEEN'S room).
Good news, Prince. The Princess is under arrest again.
PRINCE.
And you call that good news, traitor!