Your Majesty will surely—permit us—to keep pace with our age.
KING.
Frau von Viereck, you, I imagine, have been keeping pace with your age long enough. About thirty years ago you'd give an old boy like myself a handshake occasionally.
[Slyly he holds out his hand to her.]
VIERECK (tries to hide the cards behind her back).
Your Majesty—such graciousness—
[She holds out one hand.]
KING.
Both, Fran von Viereck—let me have both.
[VIERECK lets the cards fall behind her back.]