AGI—And I won’t have you pity me! Soon they will all come back. Another
minute and I’ll be a servant again. A dismissed servant! Must it end like
that? Can’t I even make you arrogant again? Can’t I make you insult me
... so that in my rage I may take you in my arms and carry you off ...
out into the night ... among your roses ... and kiss that haughty mouth....
[_He is about to embrace her._]
ALEXANDRA—[_Terrified, but resisting him affectionately rather than
resentfully._] Hans! Hans! [_There is a noise off left. They separate
slowly._] [_There is a pause. CÆSAR enters at left, leaving the double
doors open behind him._]
ALEXANDRA—[_Goes slowly towards him._] What do you want?
CÆSAR—His highness, the Crown Prince, is preparing to retire. He has
received a telegram. His mother, the Royal Princess Maria Dominica, is
coming to-morrow morning.
ALEXANDRA—His mother? Coming here?