your works have become indispensable in my house. I trust that you apply yourself now? Your new style is entrancing. Like the old masters, you combine art with utility. Even the necessities you make charming. Good afternoon.
Prince Florencio. [To Harry] Don't be long.
Harry Lucenti. I shall be there before you. Good night.
Prince Florencio. Good-by, uncle.
Prince Michael. Be careful of your health! Have some regard for your mother.
Prince Florencio. Yes, I remain at home this evening.
Etelvina. So Florencio has promised me.
Princess Etelvina, Prince Florencio, Edith, and the Duke of Suavia retire, accompanied by Prince Michael.
Rinaldi. The Princess is remarkably well preserved.
Leonardo. She almost looks young.
Lady Seymour. She leads the life of an anchorite—a good thing for the poor.
Rinaldi. Very popular, too, I am told, in Suavia.
Leonardo. The virtues of the Princess prove more embarrassing at court than the vices of her son. That is the reason they advise them to travel.
Lord Seymour. I never meddle in foreign affairs.
Leonardo. An artist, my lord, must communicate his impressions. It is a matter of habit.
Lord Seymour. Damn bad habit! [To Lady Seymour] I shall accompany you, my dear. Where do you pass the evening?
Lady Seymour. At the Villa Miranda. There is to be chamber-music. You know what that is…
Prince Michael re-enters.
Prince Michael. The Princess was delighted to meet you again.
