The Prince of Wales? Then he has been received?
VIERECK.
And the King, so they say, in the heat of the argument, commanded that Princess Wilhelmine, the cause of the quarrel, be sent to Küstrin at once.
HOLZENDORF.
Good Heavens, ladies! There are cards on the table. Hush! I hear a noise.
VIERECK.
It is the Queen.
[The QUEEN comes in in full toilet. She is excited and yet timorous. The ladies bow.]
QUEEN.
Welcome, ladies. I am happy to have about me once again the circle of those who, I know, are devoted to me. Pray sit down. I have decided to be more sociable in future and to have you with me oftener than I have done of late. Will you have a game of cards, Frau von Viereck?