KING.
Tell him Prussia is putting her best foot forward. German manufacturers need a chance to catch up with what the English already know about spinning and weaving.
GRUMBKOW.
Baronet Hotham is about to ask Your Majesty in person for his dismissal.
KING (paying no attention).
The incident is closed. My ministers can attend to it now. I prefer the customary procedure. [He sits down.]
GRUMBKOW (in the centre).
You see, Baronet Hotham—
HOTHAM (to GRUMBKOW).
General, will you say to His Majesty that I deeply regret having failed in my mission? Tell him—