SCENE I

EVERSMANN comes from the KING'S room.

SECKENDORF (puts his head in at another door).

Pst! Eversmann! Have you seen him yet?

EVERSMANN.

Seen whom, Count?

SECKENDORF. The Prince of Wales. He is indeed in Berlin—he has been seen everywhere. Unter den Linden—by the river—even beyond Treptow—a frail figure of a man, stooping slightly—his left shoulder higher than the right. When he speaks you see that one eye-tooth is missing—

EVERSMANN.

The King will not recognize the presence of the Prince of Wales.

SECKENDORF.