I obey my royal master's orders, ma'am. And inasmuch as late rising is a favorite vice of the youth of today, it has been ordered that the reveille be played at six o'clock every morning before the doors of the royal Princes and Princesses.
SONNSFELD.
Princess Wilhelmine is no longer a child.
EVERSMANN.
Her morning dreams are all the sweeter for that reason.
SONNSFELD.
Dreams of our final release—of despair—of death—
EVERSMANN.
Or possibly dreams of marriage—and the like—