seemed to me such an appropriate stopping place I didn't think it worth while to start a new chapter to-day.
Beatrice—[Sharply.] An appropriate stopping place?
Agi—So I thought, your highness.
Beatrice—A stopping place for the dead man, yes. But for us . . . merely a comma in an unfinished sentence. . . . Arsen! Georg! Prince Albert is coming to visit you here. He has expressed the wish to talk with you about your studies. I infer from what he said that he is particularly interested in history. Count Luetzen, whom I consulted later, has confirmed that inference. Now go wash your hands and faces, comb your hair, and change your clothes.
Arsen—When is he coming?
Beatrice—As soon as he awakes.
Georg—Is he asleep?
Beatrice—I said, "As soon as he awakes." Which should have conveyed to you the information that he is now asleep.
Georg—It did, mother. That's why I asked you.
Beatrice—That remark is superfluous. Arsen, I hear you have been coughing.
Arsen—No, mother; only once or twice.
Beatrice—Symphorosa tells me you have been
