KAMKE (on the ladder).
There! And now be ready to receive the ladies at the little side stairway. They will arrive in sedan chairs. No noise, do you hear—softly—softly. [The lackeys go out.]
SONNSFELD (comes in from the left).
Ah, at last a festival of which the Prussian Court need not be ashamed.
Kamke, why are you draping that window?
KAMKE.
So that our festival may not be observed. [Coming down off the ladder.] Then you too are concerned in this conspiracy?
SONNSFELD.
The Queen has taken all responsibility. She risks her own freedom for that of her daughter, and will receive the Prince of Wales tonight in strictest incognito. Is everything in readiness?
KAMKE.
You're planning to free the Princess from her imprisonment? That is high treason, remember.