Majestá. Need it? No, no! Never! It's for you! I never need anything any more. Champagne! Bring champagne! [She falls senseless.
Harry Lucenti enters.
Harry Lucenti. Imperia!
Imperia. The Prince?
Harry Lucenti. The Prince requests me to offer you my arm—now that you have come so far. Will you join us?
Imperia. Does the Prince know why I have come?
Harry Lucenti. Pleasure, perhaps; jealousy…
Imperia. Of whom?
Harry Lucenti. We saw you at the circus this evening.
Imperia. And you imagined something monstrous of me, something worthy of the Prince and yourself?
Harry Lucenti. A little something of the sort. The Prince will be delighted to see you. Will you accept my arm?
Imperia. Take me in. [A piercing cry] What is that?
Cecco. [Enters, running] What's the matter?
Harry Lucenti. Who cried out?
Cecco. [Closing the door] Silence. Sit down! Quiet! Nobody moves! [Runs out.
Unknown. What's the matter?
Cecco re-enters with Tommy, supporting the Prince; also Celeste, Teresina, Nelly, Fanny, and the two jockeys, followed immediately by Nunu, Donina, and Marcella, all in the greatest confusion.
Some. What's the matter? What has happened?
Cecco. The Prince!
Imperia. Blood!
Harry Lucenti. Are you hurt?
Sailors and Others. Up! Up! What's wrong? Out! Out!
