And coffee? These forbidden beverages?
HOLZENDORF.
If His Majesty the King—
QUEEN.
Have no fear. Give your feelings full sway—express yourself without fear, in assurance of perfect safety—[There is a knock at the door, right.] Was not that a knock?
VIERECK (aside, trembling).
What does this mean?
[The knock is repeated. The ladies all rise as if frightened.]
QUEEN.
Be calm, ladies. There is no danger. The evening will offer one surprise after another. Who, do you imagine, is at that door now?