Alexandra—[Notices Cæsar.] What are you waiting for?
Cæsar—For your orders, your highness.
Alexandra—[Comes toward him.] There is nothing. You may go.
Cæsar—Yes, your highness. [But he does not move.]
Alexandra—You may go.
Cæsar—Leave the room, your highness?
Alexandra—At once, Caesar.
Cæsar—Your highness.
Alexandra—Yes?
Cæsar—It appears that I myself served Father Hyacinth the tea instead of soup. But then so many extraordinary things have happened to-night, it is no wonder
Alexandra—You may go, Cæsar.
Cæsar—Yes, your highness. I am certain the world is coming to an end, your highness. [He sobs and exits weeping at left. Agi goes to door through which Cæsar made his exit, and remains standing there, looking at Alexandra. There is a pause.]
Agi—[After a glance into the ballroom.] The ballroom is empty. The guests are leaving. [Speaks softly with passionate warmth.] And now we are quite alone, princess. Perhaps only for a few
