WILHELMINE (aside).
The Prince of Baireuth!
THE PRINCE (aside).
Her very picture! It is the Princess! [Aloud.] I crave Your Highness' pardon that my impatience to deliver the greeting of Your Royal brother the Crown Prince in person—
WILHELMINE.
The Prince of Baireuth places me in no slight embarrassment by this early visit.
PRINCE.
The visit was not paid to you, Princess, but to this noble and venerable castle, these stairways, these galleries, these winding corridors—it was a visit of recognizance, Your Highness, such as must precede any important undertaking.
WILHELMINE.
Then you are preparing to do battle here?