About resisting your confounded nerve,

I, Gabriele, do not. You may be

A kind of subject satrap under me;

If not, look out. You shall have cause to know

The singing eagles of D'Annunzio.

King Con. I'll think it over. Do so swiftly then;

D'Ann.

Meanwhile good morning; I must see some men—

Also the Muse. She waits upon my pen.

[Rings off.