The Emperor sleeps!

METTERNICH.

What!

FLAMBEAU.

Silence!

METTERNICH.

I'm the Austrian Chancellor!

I am all-powerful! I'm--

FLAMBEAU.

Shut your mouth!

METTERNICH.

I want to see the Duke of Reichstadt!

FLAMBEAU.

Out!

METTERNICH.

How--out?

FLAMBEAU.

What's Reichstadt? Never heard of Reichstadt!

Auerstadt, Elchingen, they're dukes I know.

Reichstadt's no duke. There's been no victory there.

METTERNICH.

But, we're at Schonbrunn!

FLAMBEAU.

I should rather think so!

Thanks to our new success we're quartered here; And here we're getting ready at our leisure To give the world another drubbing! See?

METTERNICH.

What's that you say? A new success?

FLAMBEAU.

Colossal!

METTERNICH.

This is July the ninth in Eighteen--

FLAMBEAU.

Nine!

METTERNICH.

Can I be mad?

FLAMBEAU.

Who are you? Where d'you spring from?

Why aren't you snug in bed? It's very fishy--

METTERNICH.

I--

FLAMBEAU.

Who let this braggart pa.s.s? The Mameluke?

METTERNICH.

The Mameluke?

FLAMBEAU.

All's going to the dogs!

METTERNICH.

But--

FLAMBEAU.

You here in the ante-room at night!

METTERNICH.

But I--

FLAMBEAU.